invertebrates

[Alexandra Vandergeer]

Sounds really interesting! I wonder, does the sculpture refer to a 'daily
life scene' (most likely in my view), does it illustrate as it were a
story, local belief etc.?

Alexandra

> Dear Alexandra van der Geer,
>
> Manohar Laxman Varadpande, Woman in Indian sculpture, p. 94
>
>     http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/72992587
>
> refers to a fifth‐century sculpture from Uttar Pradesh (now in the
> Indian Museum, Kolkata) of a girl in a hurry with a scorpion on her thigh
> (unfortunately not clearly visible on his plate 44). There must be more.
>
> Best wishes,
> Stefan Baums
>
> --
> Stefan Baums
> Asian Languages and Literature
> University of Washington
>