ID: 700008407 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008407	Record Type: Movable Work

The Seven Mother Goddesses (Matrikas) Flanked by Shiva-Virabhadra and Ganesha, Lord of Obstacles (relief (sculpture ); unknown Indian sculptor, ninth century; ninth century)

Note: Relief depicting the saptamatrikas accompanied by Shiva and Ganesh. All figures are represented in dancing postures, each figure having four arms.

Titles:

The Seven Mother Goddesses (Matrikas) Flanked by Shiva-Virabhadra and Ganesha, Lord of Obstacles (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U)

A Relief with Mother Goddesses (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

relief (sculpture ) [300047230] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by technique>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: ninth century

Creator Display:

unknown Indian sculptor, ninth century [preferred,VP]

unknown Indian (Indian cultural designation) [500125241]

Locations:

Madhya Pradesh [1001894] India (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500217563] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: M.80.157

Display Materials: red sandstone

	ferruginous sandstone [300011398]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>, sandstone, <sandstone by composition>)

Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 35 1/4 x 5 in. (26.67 x 89.53 x 12.7 cm)

Cultures:

Indian (preferred)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	Saptamatrika [901000861]
	.....((Hindu characters, Hindu iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Brahmani [901000862]
	.....((Hindu characters, Hindu iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Maheshvari [901000863]
	.....((Hindu characters, Hindu iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Chamunda [901000868]
	.....((Hindu characters, Hindu iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Kaumari [901000864]
	.....((Hindu characters, Hindu iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Vaishnavi [901000865]
	.....((Hindu characters, Hindu iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Indrani [901000867]
	.....((Hindu characters, Hindu iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Varahi [901000866]
	.....((Hindu characters, Hindu iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
The Seven Mother Goddesses (Matrikas) Flanked by Shiva-Virabhadra and Ganesha, Lord of Obstacles	........ [VP]
	........ Los Angeles County Museum of Art online (2002)
A Relief with Mother Goddesses	........ [VP]
	........ Pal, Indian Sculpture (1986-1988)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Pal, Indian Sculpture (1986-1988)