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Dakini A Dancing Goddess

Former TitleDeity Figure

CultureTibetan

Datelate 19th-early 20th century

MediumGilt bronze

DimensionsOverall: 3 × 2 1/8 × 3/4 inches (7.62 × 5.4 × 1.91 cm)

Credit LineGift of Dan Casement

Object number44-36/2

On View

Not on view

Collections

South and Southeast Asian Art

Terms

DescriptionLamastic figure of deity standing with left foot on tine figure, right foot raised. Wears necklace, headdress, garland of skulls. Holds a skull-topped standard, skull cup and vajra. Animal on shoulders.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

No exhibition history known at this time.

Provenance

Dan Dillon Casement (1868–1953), Manhattan, KS, by 1944 [1];

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1944 [2].

[1] Casement was a cattle rancher and a long-time resident of Manhattan, Kansas. He earned an engineering degree from Princeton in 1890 and a master’s degree in political science from Columbia University in 1891. Casement participated in local and federal politics, during which he advocated for conservation issues, farm rights, women’s suffrage, and child labor laws. At the age of fifty, Casement served with an artillery unit during World War I. Travel records do not indicate that Casement traveled extensively overseas. The acquisition and development of his collection remains unknown.

[2] Complete list of objects gifted by Casement included in NAMA curatorial files.

Published References

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