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 title in original language: series: series in original language: 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 copyright: --- culture: Cambodia, Angkor, 12th century technique: sandstone department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Cambodian Art type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: with base: 42 cm (16 9/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Brought from Cambodia by Louis Delaporte, after the explorer's death it passed into the Allez collection date: footnotes: citations: Lucien Allez date: footnotes: citations: Lucien Allez. Brought from Cambodia by Louis Delaporte, after the explorer's death it passed into the Allez collection date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 318 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n338 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.53/1940.53_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.53/1940.53_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.53/1940.53_full.tif