The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 13, 2025

Hanuman

1100s

Cambodia, Angkor, Bayon style, 12th Century

bronze
Overall: 18 x 19 cm (7 1/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Dr. Norman Zaworski 1991.169
Location: 243 Indian and Southeast Asian

Description

When posed in this powerful and exuberant manner, the image of Hanuman stood at the top of a standard. As the son of the wind god and the most powerful of the primeval forest-dwellers, who are depicted with the head and tail of a monkey and the body of a man, Hanuman as an emblem spelled success in battle.
  • ?–1991
    Dr. Norman Zaworski [1920–2013], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1991–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1992.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 2 (1993): 38–79. Mentioned: no. 426, p. 78 www.jstor.org
  • Signs of Affection: Gifts Honoring the Museum's 75th Anniversary. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 27, 1992-January 3, 1993).
  • {{cite web|title=Hanuman|url=false|author=|year=1100s|access-date=13 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1991.169