Advanced Search

K-12 Educator
K-12 Student
Museum Visitor
UMMA Docent
UMMA Staff
University Faculty
University Student
Between and Mortarboard

UMMA Object Specific Fields




Query builder

How to Use the Query Builder

18 UMMA Objects
Sort by


Nepali
Surya,
18th century
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel
1980/2.276

Nepali
Thangka
17th century
Bequest of Thakur Rup Chand
1995/1.55

Nepali
Ganesha,
18th century
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel
1980/2.275

Nepali
Tibetan Buddhist deity
1967 – 1999
Gift of Robert B. Jacobs
2004/2.138
Shiva dances upon the back of a dwarf figure crouching on his stomach. This pose is not as typical as some of his other dancing postures. He dances on one leg extended straight down with the other straight up almost making a straight line. His torso and head are thrown back. He only has two hands, one holding a drum at his knee and the other a khatvanga, a club made of a bone with a skull at the top. He wears jewelry including a belt with pendent loops and tassels, necklaces including a heavy long necklace, armlets and bracelets and an elaborate crown organized with a number of peaks. On his forehead we find the third eye, another identifier of the god Shiva. A dense circular background consisting of three inner rows of round elements, the middle one may be composed of skulls, and an outer row of flame-like elements surrounds the whole figure, animating the image into a whirl of the dance. The whole sits on a circular base, plain with a flanged bottom section decorated with a lotus petal motif. <br />
Nepali
Shiva dancing
1700 – 1899
Gift of the Estate of Thakur Rup Chand
1995/1.86

Tibetan;Nepali (Tibetan (culture or style))
Tantric icon in portable case
19th century
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Yale Ginsburg
1983/1.110A&B

Nepali
The goddess Durga and her lion punish demons, folio from a "Devimahatmya" loose-leaf manuscript
1720 – 1730
Museum purchase, Acquisition Fund
1970/2.149

Nepali
Mandala of a Yabyum deity, housed in a chorten (stupa), surrounded by other deities and figures from the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon
1700 – 1766
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sherman E. Lee for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1963/2.63

Nepali
Indra
1600 – 1899
Bequest of Thakur Rup Chand
1995/1.56

Nepali
Padmasambhava ("Lotus-born": 8th-century Tibetan Buddhist sage)
18th century
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel
1980/2.277

Nepali
Bodhisattva Mañjusri
18th century
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Leo S. Figiel and Dr. and Mrs. Steven J. Figiel
1980/2.278
A small stone sculpture in bas-relief, depicting a tantric goddess. The back of the image is carved in a stylized petal shape, while the figure is crudely carved in relief on the front.
Nepali
Dakini
19th century
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Yale Ginsburg
1983/1.111
Loading…