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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Ganesha Dancing (top), Krishna and the Demoness Putana (bottom)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Ganesha Dancing (top), Krishna and the Demoness Putana (bottom)

Maker Indian, Orissa
Date20th century
Made/manufacturedOrissa, India, Asia
MediumPigment on sized cloth
DimensionsGanesha: 4 5/8 x 4 in. (11.7 x 10.2 cm)
Krishna: 4 3/8 x 5 1/4 in. (11.1 x 13.3 cm)
mounted together: 12 1/2 x 8 in. (31.8 x 20.3 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Needham
Object number1987.1.38
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DescriptionGanesha is the helpful god, the "remover of obstacles." / The infant Krishna is suckling a demoness to death, who was disguised as his nurse in order to poison him with her milk.