# Shiva with the Moon in his Hair

- By: anonymous
- Date: c. 1000 - c. 1200
- Medium: bronze (metal)
- Classification: sculpture
- Dimensions: height 40 cm x width 24 cm x depth 10.5 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (gift of Mr and Mrs Hülsmann-Stork, 1976)
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-MAK-1291--8e7a8dc323b48168bf7b007a561d2c69)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/gvtfo/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The god is making the abhaya mudra, or '˜fear not' gesture, with his front right hand and the varada mudra, the '˜wish granting' gesture, with his left. In his raised, rear hands he holds two of his attributes, an axe and a deer. These attributes are found only in images of Shiva from South India.