Title: The Wrathful Protector Mahakala, Tantric Protective Form of Avalokiteshvara
Object type: Thangka
Date: early 18th century
Culture: Tibet
Medium: Distemper on cloth
Dimensions: Image: 47 5/8 × 73 1/8 in. (121 × 185.7 cm)
Mount (from yellow brocade outer edge to yellow brocade outer edge): 84 in. × 57 3/4 in. (213.4 × 146.7 cm)
Overall with mounting: 102 in. × 69 3/4 in. (255.9 × 177.2 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Purchase, Florance Waterbury Bequest, 1969
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Skulls, term: Bodhisattvas, term: Buddha