id:			119692
accession number:	1940.53
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.53
updated:		2020-11-04 19:56:50.187000

Head of Shiva, 1100s. Cambodia, Angkor, 12th century. Sandstone; with base: 42 cm (16 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1940.53

title:				Head of Shiva
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creation date:			1100s
creation date earliest:		1100
creation date latest:		1200
current location:		244 Indian and Southeast Asian
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Cambodia, Angkor, 12th century
technique:	sandstone
department:	Indian and Southeast Asian Art
collection:	Cambodian Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: with base: 42 cm (16 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Brought from Cambodia by Louis Delaporte, after the explorer's death it passed into the Allez collection
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	Lucien Allez
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	Lucien Allez.  Brought from Cambodia by Louis Delaporte, after the explorer's death it passed into the Allez collection
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wall description: 
Khmer patrons and artists produced works of art that could depict either a deified king or a god who has royal attributes. The Khmer cult of the god-king allowed for such fluidity of interpretation. Presence of a third eye in the forehead and matted locks of hair are attributes both of the Hindu god Shiva and the followers who emulated him in order to get closer to him.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 787
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n140

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 241
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n265

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 241
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n265

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 318
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n338

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