Painted Scroll, "Thang-ka"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 Aug 1990
label: Collection Date
content: 1959
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Wesley Halpert
notes: label: Notes
content: Mandala thanka. 19th century. Blue, yellow, and red silk brocade framing a central painted cotton panel. Painted area has five circular mandalas, one in each corner and a large central one. Vajra Pani stands as the focal figure within the central mandala. Above the central mandala is a seated Buddha and below it is a fiery demon. Covered with a torn piece of floral patterned silk and rolled on a wooden bar with silver knobs at either end.
label: Notes
content: This object is stored rolled.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tibetan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364389
label: USNM Number
content: E424245-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 127 cm
label: Width
content: 76 cm