Painted Hindu manuscript cover (Portada hindú de manuscritos pintada)

Unknown, India,

18th century

painted wood

Gift of Ms. Amy S. Clague in honor of the Museum's 50th Anniversary

2008.329

© Phoenix Art Museum. All rights reserved. Photo by Ken Howie.

Asian

No

This cover shows the same iconography as the example from Nepal: Shiva, the god of destruction; his consort Parvati; and their sons Kumara (right, with four arms) and Ganesha (left, with elephant head).