ID: 700001950 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001950	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Shiva (sculpture (visual works); unknown Chola; 1000/1200; Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands); AK-MAK-1291; RM001.collect.910)

Note: The god is making the abhaya mudra, or ‘fear not’ gesture, with his front right hand and the varada mudra, the ‘wish granting’ gesture, with his left. In his raised, rear hands he holds two of his attributes, an axe and a deer. These attributes are found only in images of Shiva from South India.

Titles:

Shiva (preferred,C,U,RP,Dutch-P,U,U,English-P,U,U)

Shiva met de maan in het haar (C,U,Dutch,U,U)

Shiva with the Moon in his Hair (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

sculpture (visual works) [300047090] (preferred)

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

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 1000/1200

Creator Display:

unknown Chola [preferred,VP]

anoniem [,RKD, AAT-Ned]

sculptor unknown Chola (Chola cultural designation) [500203109]

Locations:

Current: Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands) [500246547] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: AK-MAK-1291; RM001.collect.910

Credit Line: Bruikleen van de Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst

Creation: Tamil Nādu [7001797] India (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: bronze founding

	bronze (metal) [300010957]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy)

	founding (metal or glass working) [300054038]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, forming (physical activity))

Dimensions: 40 cm (height) x 24cm (width) x 10.5 (depth)

Events:

exhibition: Metamorfoze/Geheugenproject Willem Witsen

exhibition: L'eredità di Giotto

exhibition: Werkloosheid in Nederland nu

Cultures:

Indian (preferred)

Chola

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

religion and mythology

Specific Subjects:

	Shiva [901000021]
	.....((Hindu characters, Hindu iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	mudrā [300386143]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), multidisciplinary concepts, body position, gesture) (AAT)

Copyright: Public Domain

Provenance: bruikleen 1976

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Additional Notes:

Dutch ..... De voorste handen van de god maken de gebaren van geruststelling (abhaya-mudra, zijn rechterhand) en van gunstverlening (varada-mudra, zijn linkerhand). In de bovenste handen houdt hij twee van zijn attributen: een bijl en een hert. Deze attributen komen alleen voor op Zuid-Indiase beelden van Shiva.

Sources and Contributors:
Shiva	........ [VP,Rijksmuseum]
	........ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-) www.rijksmuseum.nl/collectie/AK-MAK-1291
	........ Rijksmuseum XML files (2012)
Shiva met de maan in het haar	........ [VP]
	........ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-)
Shiva with the Moon in his Hair	........ [VP]
	........ Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP,Rijksmuseum]

....................... Rijksmuseum XML files (2012)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-)
Dutch	..... [VP]
	..... Rijksmuseum [online] (2000-)