Head of Bhairava, A Horrific Form of God Shiva

Nepal

Malla period, 16th/17th century

Medium

Gilt copper worked in repoussé with pigments

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

97.8 × 67.3 × 34.9 cm (38 1/2 × 26 1/2 × 13 3/4 in.)

Culture

Nepal

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Asia

Credit line

Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf

Rights

Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.

Who can see it

Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

View at the Art Institute of Chicago

• Sculpture
• Faith and religion
• People
• 1500s
• Nepal
• Brown