figure (ritual & belief: representations)

Marble figure of Ganesha, seated upon a rounded pedestal holding objects in all four hands. In his lower right hand is a rosary; in his left probably a sweet cake. In the upper hands are probably an axe and either an elephant goad or his broken tusk, which he used for writing. Label on underside identifies him as a 'Hindu god of prosperity and wisdom.'

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