Keywords: Indian - Kali as the Supreme Deity - Walters W897.jpg The terrifying goddess Kali wearing a necklace of skulls and holding a severed head in one of her hands is here worshiped by the great gods From the left we see Indra Brahma the creator Vishnu the preserver and Shiva the destroyer Kali stands for the forces of destruction but she is also a life-giver Her posture is that of a woman giving birth ca 1800 pigments paper cm 27 62 17 46 accession number W 897 885 John and Berthe Ford Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum John Berthe Ford 2002 place of origin Chamba India Walters Art Museum license 2D Hindu art in the Walters Art Museum Paintings of Kali Paintings of Shiva Indra Paintings of Brahma Paintings of Vishnu 1800s paintings from India 19th-century watercolor paintings from India Paintings of India in the Walters Art Museum Chamba State |