Gold ear plug with the Hindu goddess Parvati. Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), ca. 1st-2nd c AD. Repoussé gold. Newark Museum of Art collection [2992×2992] [OC]
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Gold ear plug with the Hindu goddess Parvati. Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), ca. 1st-2nd c AD. Repoussé gold. Newark Museum of Art collection [2992×2992] [OC]
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[Unrecorded artist
Gandhara, Pakistan
Gold Ear Plug
ca. 1st-2nd century CE
Repoussé gold
Purchase 2017 Helen McMahon Brady Cutting Fund
2017.63-4
Worn inside a stretched earlobe, this golden female figure is topped with a crown and holds a bountiful cornucopia. She is the stalwart mother goddess, known as Parvati. Parvati, in her many forms, protects children and the harvest-and even slays demons.]