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Shree Jagat Amba Bahucaraji (Chumba..)

The four-armed goddess sits on a rooster. In her lower right hand she holds a book(?) with the inscription Shri in Devanagari letters. The upper right hand holds a sword, the upper left a lotus flower, the lower left the trident. Her temple with her cult image in the background; across the tower the inscription: Sri Bahucaraji; in front of the temple three Brahmins making an offering by fire; at the bottom left six women with offerings in jars, on the right a yantra in swastika form, next to it a group of musicians. Shri Bahucara is the goddess of transsexuals, homosexuals and lesbians. A stamp at the bottom right: The Modern Picture Publishers of India.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Colour printing
Dimensions
Height: 35,5 cm
Width: 25 cm
Material/Technique
Paper
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
I C 48139

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    2nd half of the 20th century
    where
    India
    Bombay
  • Collecting
    who
    Hans VazDias - Collectors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    South and Southeast Asia

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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