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Originally Posted by Rick
... those are Indian forms not Balinese and that is the sticking point here I believe. Iconography changes from culture to culture , even if the cultures may share the same religion the deities may be depicted differently.
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Excellent point Rick, and it makes our interpretation of these culture-specific deity forms so difficult. We need a cultural historian from within the host culture of this specimen to interpret this particular form. What may have started centuries ago as a Ganesha representation has morphed into something (or someone) that is barely recognisable as the original. Certainly this form is not how Ganesha's representation has developed over time in more mainstream Hindu settings.