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Linga

Medium: Sandstone
Place Made: Khmer, Cambodia
Dates: 10th-11th century
Dimensions: 18 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (45.7 x 14 x 14 cm)
Collections: Asian Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 2002.119.2
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Alvin E. Friedman-Kien
Image: Overall, 2002.119.2_transp5339.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Symbolic phallus (linga). Carved of a single piece of stone, this tripartite sculpture symbolically represents the Hindu trinity: Shiva, at the top of the abstract cylindrical phallic form with incised line representing the phallus, surmounts octagonal and square prismatic shapes. representing Vishnu, the Preserver, and Brahma, the Creator, respectively. Condition: Small area of base is void, but object is stable without a mount. Surface is unevenly abraded.

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