Shiva Nataraja (Shiva as Lord of the Dance)
17th century
Asia, India, Tamil Nadu
Indian Artist
17th century CE
Bronze, 37 x 26 x 15 in. (94 x 66 x 38.1 cm)
Museum Purchase with support from Anonymous Donor, Merry Dougherty, Calvert Saunders Moore, Thomas L. Piper III, Steven H. and Frances G. Sheinhouse (by exchange), Edith Warner, Lane Becken, Candace Berlin, Suzanne Berry, Anne Bowen, Margie Burris, Madonna Calender, Melba Campbell, Sara Cary, Claire Casey, Patricia Cooke, Ruth Cross, Susan W. Dallas, Sarah duPont, Blair G. Ege, Daniel Ehnbom, Rosemary Erdmann, Camilla Fair, Betty L. Fall, Flip Faulconer, Lisa Fingeret, Susan Flury, Barbara Fried, Claire Gargalli, Gunilla Godfrey, Stapleton Gooch, Margaret Hart, Jill Hartz, Bebe Heiner, Mary Howard, Charles Hurt, Allison Innes, Peter Kimball, Mary-Mac Laing, Judith Lesiak, Anne Lindemann, Joan Longley, Dana F. Lynch, Ellen MacColl, Beth Maier, Margaret Marsh, Nancy McIntyre, Amanda Megargel, Betty Middleditch, Sally Nelson, Caroline Nunley, Susan Overstreet, Judy Pace, Gene N. Paterson, Jean F. Patteson, Jennifer Reut, Katrina Reut, Carol Roberts, James Roberts, Sally Roberts, Sineath Roberts, Jan Roden, Jo Rowan, Karen Ryan, Cynthia Schroder, Hunter Smith, Sandra Stamp, Caralyn Stevens, Anne Strickler, Virginia Syer, Helena Taylor, Pat Thomas, and the Curriculum Support Fund, 2004.9
Object Type:
Sculpture