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She wears a tall coronet, large circular earrings and a necklace,   The details are weathered, but there are indications that she was originally depicted as fearsome, with projecting teeth.  Yoginis (practioners of Yoga) formed a group of 64 demons who were followers of the goddess Durga (or Kali).","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Quartzitic sandstone","categories":[{"text":"Sculpture","id":"THES48896"},{"text":"Hinduism","id":"THES48941"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SSEA","id":"THES48598"},"images":["2006AU5757"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"CNSC","id":"THES49201"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Figure","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Madhya Pradesh","id":"x29831"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"9th century","earliest":"0800-01-01","latest":"0900-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"64.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"17/01/2024","earliest":"2024-01-17","latest":"2024-01-17"},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"37.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"17/01/2024","earliest":"2024-01-17","latest":"2024-01-17"},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"24.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"17/01/2024","earliest":"2024-01-17","latest":"2024-01-17"},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"74","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"17/01/2024","earliest":"2024-01-17","latest":"2024-01-17"},"part":"display height including modern mount","note":"modern mount is 9.5 cm high"},{"dimension":"Width","value":"27","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"17/01/2024","earliest":"2024-01-17","latest":"2024-01-17"},"part":"width of modern mount","note":"modern mount is narrower than the object"},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"27","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"17/01/2024","earliest":"2024-01-17","latest":"2024-01-17"},"part":"depth of modern mount","note":"modern mount is deeper than the object"},{"dimension":"Weight","value":"65","unit":"kg","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"05/05/2026","earliest":"2026-05-05","latest":"2026-05-05"},"part":"including modern stone base","note":"Weighed in storage after decant from gallery. 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Yoginis can be either benign or ferocious in character; traces of projecting teeth suggest that this Yogini was depicting a fearsome aspect.","briefDescription":"Bust of a Yogini, sandstone, 9th century, MP central India.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Dehejia, V.: \" the Yogini Temples of India\" Art International Vol. XXV No.3-4 (1982), pp. 6-28.\r\nA. Cunningham: ASI Reports Vol XIII 1882, p. 132.\r\nGuy, John: 'Indian Temple Sculpture', London, V & A Publication, 2007, p.167, pl.188.\r\nISBN 9781851775095."},{"reference":{"text":"Haworth-Booth, Mark; Indian Sculpture: A Travelling Exhibition, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1971","id":"AUTH348838"},"details":"No. 17","free":""}],"production":"Madhya Pradesh, Central India.","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[{"text":"Hinduism","id":"AAT73727"}],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Yogini\r\n\r\n800–900 \r\nPratihara period \r\n\r\nFemale deities are extremely significant in Hinduism.They are \r\nsometimes seen as manifestations of a universal goddess. \r\n\r\nYoginis are attendants of one of the most important goddesses,\r\nthe warrior Durga, consort of Shiva. Numbering up to 64, they \r\noften occupy the inner wall of a circular temple enclosure, open to \r\nthe sky.They can be either benign or ferocious.Traces of projecting \r\nteeth suggest that this yogini had a fearsome character. \r\n\r\nSandstone \r\nCentral India (Madhya Pradesh, possibly Raipur region) \r\n\r\n\r\nMuseum no. IS.9-1969 \r\n","date":{"text":"06/06/2011","earliest":"2011-06-06","latest":"2011-06-06"}},{"text":"YOGINI\r\nSandstone\r\nMadhya Pradesh, Central India\r\nCirca 9th century\r\n\r\nYoginis are female attendants in the retinue of the goddess Durga, consort of Shiva. They may be represented in a group of eight, or sixty-four, and typically occupy the inner wall of a circular temple enclosure facing an image of Shiva. 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