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carving

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  • Other Name

    Goddess Sri

    Dewi Melanting

  • Description

    Goddess Sri or Dewi Melanting

    Dewi Sri, the Consort of the Hindu God Vishnu, Goddess of the Rice Harvest and also a goddess of fertility and prosperity

    carved wooden bust of goddess, polychrome paint, the goddess wears a floral headdress, earrings, green dress and ornate shoulder covering

  • Place
    Bali/Indonesia
  • Accession Date
    28 May 1975
  • Other Id

    47715 (ethnology)

    B61 (Dunningham)

    1975.90 (accession number)

  • Department

    World

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  • carving, 47715, B61, 1975.90, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 11 Sep 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carving, 47715, B61, 1975.90, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 11 Sep 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carving, 47715, B61, 1975.90, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 11 Sep 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carving, 47715, B61, 1975.90, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 11 Sep 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carving, 47715, B61, 1975.90, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 11 Sep 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carving, 47715, B61, 1975.90, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 11 Sep 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • carving, 47715, B61, 1975.90, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 11 Sep 2017, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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