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| Keywords: Indian - "Linga" with One Face - Walters 25250.jpg The linga or sign of the god Shiva is sometimes conceived as a cosmic pillar so high the creator-god Brahma could not reach its summit and so deep the god Vishnu failed to find its base Shiva revealed his superiority to the other chief Hindu gods by emerging from the pillar Here just his face is shown with the locks of his hair arranged like those of a meditating hermit or yogi ca 500 pink sandstone cm 18 4 10 8 11 4 accession number 25 250 29923 John and Berthe Ford Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum John Berthe Ford 2003 Desire and Devotion Art from India Nepal and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham; Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum Albuquerque 2001-2003 place of origin Uttar Pradesh India Walters Art Museum license Sculptures from India in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Mukhalinga 6th-century art of India Hindu art in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
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