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Kali

c. 1890

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

Medium
Gum tempera, graphite, and ink on paper
Measurements
Painting only: 45.4 x 28 cm (17 7/8 x 11 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward 2003.163
Public Domain
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Not on view
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A vertically oriented gum tempera and graphite painting on torn paper depicts Kali, a deity with a black face and three eyes. Her long red tongue extends over a yellow-orange chest draped in white necklaces. A green and yellow radiance halos her red headdress. Kali wears a striped garment and, in our bottom right corner, holds the severed head of a person with a light skin tone against a neutral, aged background.

Kali

c. 1890

Eastern India, Bengal, Kolkata, Kalighat

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