Dancing Ganesha

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The statue depicts a dancing Ganesha. The statue is made of brown stone. Ganesha has a large belly and an elephant head with a long trunk curled to the right. He has large ears and a tusk on the right side. He wears a decorative headband and earrings. His right leg is bent at the knee and raised behind him. His left leg is bent at the knee and positioned in front of him. He has four arms. The front right arm is bent at the elbow, and the hand is on his knee. The front left arm is bent at the elbow and holds a broken tusk. The back right arm is raised above his head, and the hand holds a ball. The back left arm is straight down and holds a drum. A patterned cloth wraps around his waist. The statue stands on a black base. The background is gray and darkens towards the top.