Shiva with his sons Ganesha and Karttikeya
Shiva with his sons Ganesha and Karttikeya

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Shiva with his sons Ganesha and Karttikeya,

late 19th–early 20th century

Indian
2011-60
This wooden relief sculpture was most likely made to decorate one of the grand domestic residences of the merchant community in Chettinad, southeastern India, during the late nineteenth or early twentieth centuries. The work was probably displayed as an overdoor frieze. The central figure is Shiva, one of the principal Hindu deities. He is depicted riding his bull and flanked by his sons; Ganesha, with his elephant head, is on the left, and Karttikeya is on the right.

Information

Title
Shiva with his sons Ganesha and Karttikeya
Dates

late 19th–early 20th century

Medium
Wood
Dimensions
relief: 23.8 x 97.5 x 5.1 cm. (9 3/8 x 38 3/8 x 2 in.) frame: 41.3 x 114.9 cm. (16 1/4 x 45 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of June S. and Daniel W. Sturt
Object Number
2011-60
Place Made

Asia, India, Tamil Nadu

Culture
South Indian
Type
reliefs
Subject
figures (representations), families, sons, fathers

1963–2011 Daniel W. and June S. Sturt (Washington, DC), by gift through Heather Sturt Haaga to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2011.

Note: photo evidence of the object physically in Michigan in 1968-69.

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