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Title
Goddess of eight arms at Guangzhou, China
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, PO. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
This is a photograph of "The Goddess of Eight Arms." Two of the statues' hands are clasped in front of the body with fingers in specific forms and six arms are outstretched from her sides all holding objects. There are two statues on either side of her who bow to her.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints 18.3 x 13.5 cm.
Identifier
impa-m5900 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-MKL-China-017-01-0001
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m5900
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-MKL-China-017-01-0001.jpg
Subject
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America
Religious art
Religious beliefs
General views
Place
Canton
China
Source
MKL/China/017/01/0001 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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