Framed Kali Figure and Print
A bronze figure of the Hindu goddess Kali mounted on a striking print, inside a thick frame.
The print at the background of the piece was painted and printed by F. Lanier Graham in 1975. the medium is paper and ink on white paper with a black paper backing.
Kali is the chief of the Mahavidyas, a group of ten Tantric goddesses who each form a different aspect of the mother goddess Parvati.
Kali's earliest appearance is that of a destroyer of evil forces. She is the most powerful form of Shakti, and the goddess of one of the four subcategories of the KulamÄrga, a category of Tantric Saivism. She destroys the evil in order to protect the innocent.
- Subject Matter: Kali
- Inventory Number: 2021.33
- Collections: Sacred World Art Collection