Native Name | Thangka |
Object Number | 51-4-126 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tibetan | Buddhist | Lamaism | Bonpa Sect |
Provenience | Tibet |
Date Made | 19th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Pigment | Textile |
Technique | Painted |
Iconography | Mahakala | Bon Cosmology | Queen | King |
Description | Painting. Bonpag (Black Lama) painting. Mahakala, Sadhu (Legden). The deities are not decipherable, as very little is known about this religion (but see description of 51-4-127). Bottom center: a plan of the Universe (Bon cosmology). Lower right: a Tibetan queen with her entourage and a row of distaffs. Lower left: a Tibetan king with his palace-fortress, and a row of arrows. Extremely interesting and very valuable. Practically unique in the Occident. Bottom center: a fragment of Chinese textile with human figures which may be very, very old. |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951 |
Other Number | 28 - Other Number | 6-1959-6 - Other Number | CG94-1-115 - Found in Collection Number |
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