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Sacred Peacock statue Sacred Peacock statue

Sacred Peacock statue

Unknown Artist

Art Funded
1912
Dimensions
61 cm
Presented by
Imre Schweiger through The Art Fund
This statue, in the shape of the peacock god Malik-i-Tawus, is stated to have been a sacred emblem of the Yedizis, a people of Kurdistan, Armenia and the Caucasus who worship the redeemed Devil under the symbol of the peacock.

Wrought steel

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