Collection Online as of January 24, 2021
Buddha's Previous Life as a Woodpecker: Javasakunda Jataka
Limestone
Overall: 30.7 x 54.2 x 9.6 cm (12 1/16 x 21 5/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
Gift of George P. Bickford 1970.350
Location
not on view
Description
Scenes from the past lives of the Buddha were among the major themes found on early Buddhist monuments. This one exemplifies his acts of kindness and his intelligence in one of his past lives when he was a born as a woodpecker and helped dislodge a bone from a lion's throat.