# Goddess Tara with Hand in Gesture of Reassurance (Abhayamudra)

- By: Nepal (Kathmandu Valley, Patan)
- Date: 15th century
- Medium: Wood and pigments
- Classification: Sculpture
- Dimensions: 128 × 35.6 × 30.5 cm (50 3/8 × 14 × 12 in.)
- Culture: Kathmandu Valley
- Credit line: Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/148361)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/c703a989-6715-90f9-1128-f276a3c26e7e/full/!1189,1080/0/default.jpg
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