Shiva, South India, 19th - 20th centuryPolychrome painted wood, Shiva represented standing on a pedestal, his left foot resting on the dwarf Apasmara, symbol of human ignorance, dressed in a tiger skin loincloth, holding an axe and carrying the sacred thread around his torso Height: 76.5 cmMany fractures (some fingers, some locks of the bun), a split wrist, several corners of the pedestal trimmed, jumps of polychromy . A painted wooden figure of Shiva, South India, 19th-20th century