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Karuppannasamy
Alongside Shiva and Vishnu who are venerated throughout India, the country is also home to scores of local deities linked to a region or a clan. Karuppannasamy is worshipped in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, in particular in the countryside. He is a dangerous god who has to be pacified with sacrifices of blood and meat, in exchange for which he protects the fields. The scythe in his right hand …
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Type of item
- figure
- Figure
Medium
- On loan from the Asian Art Society in The Netherlands
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Type of item
- figure
- Figure
Medium
- On loan from the Asian Art Society in The Netherlands
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1600 - 1700
- 1600/1700
- 1600/1700
Places
- Tamil Nadu
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.67853
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.534597
- AK-MAK-1736
Extent
- height 16.8 cm
- width 6.4 cm
- depth 3.6 cm
Format
- bronze (metal)
- Bronze
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collectie: Zuid-Azië (collectie)
- collection: sculptures
- collectie: beeldhouwwerken
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T13:01:58.925Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T13:00:32.678Z