Thanka (Adi- Buddha Vajaradhara)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Sep 1988
label: Collection Date
content: Not Given
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Lain Bangdel
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Lain Bangdel
notes: label: Notes
content: Thanka portraying Adi-Buddha Vajradhara, lord of all mysteries and master of all secrets. Made of cloth painted with mineral and vegetable dyes, mounted on silk brocade, covered with silk veil, and hung on wooden stick. Figure drawn with arms crossed in front of chest and hands holding a vajra or dorje and ghanta (bell). Design drawn under the guidance of a lama artist. Object hung in temples and before family altars. Also used by lamas in religious processions and to illustrate sermons. Made for use.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nepal, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nepalese (Nepali)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364314
label: USNM Number
content: E424027-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 130 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 78.3 cm