Person depicted: Vishnu (Hindu deity) / Function: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Portable shrine (kawad), accession number 9-22451, described as Portable shrine (Kawad); rectangular shape, but with protrusions and irregularities; painted primarily red with yellow accents and some green design, figures of deities and animals; door "flaps" — four layers of removable openable flaps that reveal at the bottom the Hindu trinity of the gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. the doors that open to the left hand side depict the Ramayana story while the door that opens to the right represents the Mahabarata story of Krishna. Artist: Bansilal