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Keywords: Javanese - Mukunda (Drummer), Deity From a Buddhist Mandala - Walters 542980.jpg This small bronze was once part of an assembly of deities composed of about 100 figures of varying size and importance with the central one standing for supreme truth Such an assembly or mandala was the visual counterpart of an elaborate mental exercise a sequence of meditations or trances leading to an enlightened state of mind The figure belonged to a group of female musicians Turning to her left she holds a long drum against her knee with her left hand and beats it with her right Seated in a swaying dhyansana pose and wearing an ornate jatamukuta and arm and leg ornaments On a stepped lotus plinth century 10 bronze cm 7 9 accession number 54 2980 29861 Mr William Siedenburg New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Bequest of Mr William Siedenburg 2002 place of origin Nganjuk Indonesia Walters Art Museum license Southeast Asian art in the Walters Art Museum Sculptures from Java Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review
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