The Hindu deity Hanuman is an ardent devotee of Rama; a central character in the Indian epic Ramayana. A general among the vanaras; an ape-like race of forest-dwellers; Hanuman is an incarnation of the divine and a disciple of Lord Sri Rama in the struggle against the demon king Ravana.

This image of Hanuman; originating from Prasat Chen; Koh Ker; in the 10th century; is presumed to have been looted by persons unknown during the Second Indochina War; between 1968 and 1972. It was returned to Cambodia by Cleveland Museum of Art after evidence of the original pedestal for the statue was uncovered at Koh Ker in 2014.