Indian Pilgrimage Figure of Folk Style Kneeling Krishna

All elbows, a crawling child wears a topknot ringed with red.

This pilgrimage figure of a folk style kneeling Krishna is from Maharashtra, India. It is brass. Krishna is a much-loved Hindu deity, often shown as a child or young man, and folk-style images tend to favor simplified, direct forms. On hands and knees, the small cast figure has a pointed, banded head and a rough, lively face. One arm trails behind and another reaches ahead, and red pigment collects in the hollows of the golden surface. It is 0.75 inches wide, 1.75 deep and 1.5 high.

Crawling form, captured mid-scramble and mid-mischief.