invertebrates

Alexandra Vandergeer geeraae at GEOL.UOA.GR
Tue Jan 20 14:21:24 UTC 2009


Seems I missed that one, I was focussing too much on the boar itself, I'm
afraid!

Thanks for the update,

Alexandra

> Plus, of course, there is the mysterious scorpion on the famous Eran
> sculpture of varaaha.
>
> Anna.
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> --- On Tue, 1/20/09, Alexandra Vandergeer <geeraae at GEOL.UOA.GR> wrote:
>
>> From: Alexandra Vandergeer <geeraae at GEOL.UOA.GR>
>> Subject: invertebrates
>> To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
>> Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2009, 8:01 AM
>> Dear members of the list,
>>
>> Is anyone aware of a stone sculpture from India sensu lato
>> on which
>> somewhere an invertebrate animal has been sculpted? I know
>> only of a
>> Chamunda with a scorpion in her sunken belly.
>>
>> Alexandra van der Geer
>>
>> NB for the very, very non-zoologist: invertebrates are
>> molluscs, insects,
>> spiders, medusas, crabs and lobsters and that sort of
>> animals.
>>
>> --
>> Dr Alexandra van der Geer
>> Museum of Paleontology and Geology
>> Faculty of Geology
>> National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
>> Panepistimiopolis
>> 157 84 Zografou
>> Athens, Greece
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