DepartmentAsia

Parasurama, Narashima, Bali, and Mansu

NameFigure Group

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Datec. 1900

Place madeAndhra Pradesh, India, South Asia, Asia

MediumWood, paint, gesso

Dimensions3 3/4 × 8 7/16 × 11 5/16 in. (9.5 × 21.5 × 28.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.3.305

Object numberA.1981.3.305

Collections

Multiple Visions: A Common Bond

DescriptionSawed blue wooden base with 17 carved, gessoed, painted figures: 8 standing with red turbans, 2 with loin cloths; one woman; one male at table. One black trunk on floor. Finely detailed painting. Parasurama, Narashima, Bali, and Mansu. Benares, Uttar Pradesh, India. Painted wood, 8" high (average), c. 1960. These figures illustrate characters from tales of the god Vishnu's nine incarnations on earth.