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This seated, six-armed green goddess has one hand raised in abhaya mudra and holds a bow and arrow in her upper hands and two unidentifiable attributes in her other hands. She wears fine jewelry and a long, patterned waistcloth (dhoti).
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Title: The Goddess Mahasitavati, Folio from a Buddhist Manuscript
Period: Karnata-Malla period
Date: ca. 12th century
Culture: Nepal
Medium: Opaque watercolor on palm leaf
Dimensions: 2 1/16 x 10 3/4 in. (5.3 x 27.3 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Gift of Arnold and Susan Lieberman, 1987
Object Number: 1987.246
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