[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Kurma # Kurma Figure of Vishnu in his second incarnation as Kurma, the tortoise. The avatar is shown as a hybrid figure with a human head and torso rising out of the mouth of a tortoise. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1775–1793 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.584-is](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.584-is) · Pramāṇa