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Description

Title: Tanka of Mahākāla
Published / Created: circa 1700-circa 1800
Description: A watercolor painting on cotton that depicts Mahākāla with four faces and four arms, with ornaments made of human skulls. Inscription in Tibetan on verso. The tanka includes a silk cover.
Provenance: Acquired from various sources. For further information consult entries for individual tankas in the guide to the collection., Gift of an anonymous donor (Yale 1929), 1985.
Language: Tibetan
Sanskrit

Item Location

Repository

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Call Number

Tibet MSS 62

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- Tanka collection
  - Series II: Identified Subjects, circa 1600-circa 1950
    Mahākāla
    THIS ITEM Tanka of Mahākāla

Container / Volume

Box 43 (Oversize)

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Citation: Tanka Collection. General Collection of Books and Manuscripts, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Catalog Record: 9924184
Object ID (OID): 10563731

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