Art of the Day: Doorjamb with Dancing Figures and Serpents This panel once formed part of the right
Art of the Day: Doorjamb with Dancing Figures and Serpents This panel once formed part of the right doorjamb (the vertical part of a doorway) framing the entrance into a temple or the sanctum of a temple. Three dancing figures reflect the activities of performers who offer dance and music to the temple’s god or goddess. On the inner part of the doorjamb, which would have been on the visitor’s right side, “nagas"—sacred serpents, represented with human heads and torsos on a snake’s body—join their hands in respectful greeting, a gesture that both welcomes visitors to the temple and praises the deity enshrined within. Learn more about this object in our art site: http://bit.ly/2HCa13C -- source link