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 Bateson and Mead Collection
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| Description |
Uma flees at the sight of the her elephant-headed son, Gana (Ganesha), born with a lontar (palm-leaf book) attached to his umbilical cord
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| Abstracted summary |
"According to the artists' description the mother of Ganesha is Giri Poerti. This goddess is the wife of Shiva, and she exists in two forms, one beautiful as in this drawing, the other witchlike." Purchased from Pita Maha
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