id: 147978 accession number: 1974.74 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.74 updated: Shalabhanjika (Woman and Tree), 300s-400s. Northern India, Kashmir. Gray steatite; overall: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Parmelee Fund 1974.74 title: Shalabhanjika (Woman and Tree) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 300s-400s creation date earliest: 300 creation date latest: 500 current location: creditline: James Parmelee Fund copyright: --- culture: Northern India, Kashmir technique: gray steatite department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1974 opening date: 1975-03-11T04:00:00 Year in Review: 1974. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: The full carving of a flowering tree on the back of this figurine indicates that she is a figure of a nature divinity who personifies the life-giving qualities of the sap that envigorates the tree and causes it to flower. These figures are sometimes called shalabhanjika, "she who breaks the tree," probably because her fertile properties are so powerful that it causes the tree to fruit so heavily that the branches break. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1974.74/1974.74_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1974.74/1974.74_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1974.74/1974.74_full.tif