<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Tanka of a Karmapa Abbot</dc:title><dc:date>circa 1700-circa 1900</dc:date><dc:language>tib</dc:language><dc:language>san</dc:language><dc:description>A watercolor painting on cotton that depicts an unidentified Karmapa abbot wearing a red hat and seated, as well as accompanied by smaller figures, including a lama and protective divinities. Consecrated on the verso by a lama.

Depiction of a stupa and inscriptions in Tibetan on verso.

Accompanied with an envelope from Hotel Mount Everest, Darjeeling, India, with notes about the tanka.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>