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Ganesha

600s
sandstone
Overall: 122 x 58.7 x 23.8 cm (48 1/16 x 23 1/8 x 9 3/8 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1987.147
Location: 244 Indian and Southeast Asian
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Ganesha wears a short sampot held by a narrow belt.

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Among the first Hindu deities to be venerated in the form of a large-scale stone sculpture in Southeast Asia, Ganesha presides over obstacles, either creating or removing them. At the beginning of any endeavor, to assure its success, worshipers affectionately offer him prayers and food, such as the sweet cakes and radish he enjoys in this sculpture.
Grey sandstone sculpture of Ganesha, a god with a human body and elephant head, ears flaring on either side. Ganesh wears a short sampot, a cloth wrapped around the waist and falling just over the knees, the lower legs broken off below. Parts of both arms are missing, Ganesha's right hand clutching a radish against the side of his belly. His trunk hangs down and bends towards his left hand, partially broken away.

Ganesha

600s

Southern Cambodia or Vietnam

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