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One curator-endorsed, hobby-horse description baffles more than the rest.

Some 99 percent of the exhibit “Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain” consists of digital screens, labels, and wall texts. But the show—through Sept. 18 at the Sackler Gallery—is well worth a visit for the lone object: the early 7th century sandstone “Krishna Lifting Mount Govardhan,” which made the trek to the District from the Clev…