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Base with dancer and musician

Keywords : My Son, Apsara

Site common nameTra Kieu
Type of artworkSculpture
Province/CityDanang
StateDanang
CountryVietnam
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree
Lat : 16.059722
Long : 108.223056

History of productionPrasat Tra Kieu is loacted in the middle of Singhapura city, the capital in the My Son A1 period. It is dedicated to Shiva, but has been ruined a long time ago. However, there was a variety of sculpture discovered here both those of people dancing and animals moving.
ArtBecause the Indian-Chava influence started to feature again in My Son A1, sculpture in My Son A1 art is very gentle. The eyes are not protuding and there is no mustache. The lips are thin like Indian-Chava. The curving wearing cloth was also popular in Indian-Chava beforehand.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodMy Son A1
Age15 Century Be.
ReligionBrahmanism-Hinduism
SectShaivite
Religion and beliefThe base of the dancer and the musician was once the bae of a Linga, These dancers and musicians show that Shiva was also the god of dance and music as well. He was also named “Shiavanatarat” and “Venatorn”
Related artworkThis dancer shows a popular dance posture in Southeast Asia called “Jatura”. The musician plays Vena lyre, which is an India lyre appearing in Siutheast Asian arts before 19th century BE.

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-06-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali