Cleveland Museum of Art

Durga as the Slayer of the Buffalo Demon

Date: 900s
Medium: bronze
Culture: Cambodia, probably Koh Ker
Department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art

This depiction of Durga is rare and important, as it is a large-scale example of the goddess in bronze. Her conquest over the buffalo demon is indicated by its severed head at her feet. She stands four-armed and triumphant, with a wheel, conch shell, mace, and clod of earth in her hands. The figure wears a head-dress, kirita-makuta , a diadem tied in the back and pointed at top.

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