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| Keywords: Cambodian - Stand for a Ritual Conch Shell - Walters 542536.jpg A conch shell-either real with metal fittings or made of bronze-held sacred water that could be poured over an image or a person The central deity on the stand is Hevajra who is a mystical saying given bodily form Hail vajra or Hail cudgel that is the symbol of ultimate wisdom Tantric Buddhists believed that enlightenment could be reached by processes of mental concentration that focused in turn on Hevajra on the female figures beside him and on the Hindu gods symbolizing conquered passions on whom he dances century 12 bronze cm 12 accession number 54 2536 11852 New Road Bangkok prior to August 1949 Alexander B Griswold Monkton August 1949 by purchase presented to the Breezewood Foundation November 1956 inv no 422 Walters Art Museum Gift of the Breezewood Foundation 1979 Unearthly Elegance Buddhist Art from the Griswold Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 place of origin Cambodia Walters Art Museum license Southeast Asian art in the Walters Art Museum Sculptures from Cambodia Hevajra Buddhist items Statues of dancers | ||||
