Footprint of the Buddha

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Artist Unknown

Culture Thai

Title Footprint of the Buddha

Date 1874

Medium Pigments and gold on cloth

Dimensions Overall: 120 × 68 × 3 in. (304.8 × 172.7 × 7.6 cm)

Credit Line Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 77.7

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In mandala (spiritual maps) such as this one, the Buddha is represented in symbols rather than in human form. An image of this size would have hung in a monastery. The large footprint refers to the Buddha and his presence among the community of monks.

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"Footprint of the Buddha | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2025. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=77.7