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CARVED ROOF STRUTS

2. KATHMANDU, YETKHA TOL. YETKHA SATTAL

Item stolen:	Two wooden, carved roof struts.
Date of theft:	Early1998
Specifications:	Height: 0'- 5"(approximate) Width: 0'- 6" (approximate)
A B
Description:	The upper part shows the goddess of dance, Nrtesvari, in different forms. In strut A the goddess is standing on a deer. She wears an anklet with small bells. The goddess of strut B is standing on a lotus. She wears broad belled anklets around her calves. The lower parts of the struts show a sitting god respectively (unidentifiable). In strut B he makes the gesture abhaya mudra with his right hand. These struts are difficult to date, but they may be from the 16th century or later. The garland pattern around the goddesses thighs came up in the 16th century ...may be quite early (12th - 14th c.?) or they may be reproductions of the original early struts, made earlier this century.
Location:	West façade, second level.
Building Date:	The early (14th c.?) historical resthouse was lost in 1998 when it was rebuilt, incorporating 2 of the original struts. A city inventory records a later (17th c.) date, probably recalling a rebuilding. (Kathmandu City Inventory, p.346 By: His Majesty's Government of Nepal. Ministry of Housing and Physical Development. Kathmandu, 1982.)