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Description: | A domestic thangka consisting of a deep purple fabric, with a painted image sewn into the centre and bordered with cream coloured ribbon. There is a string handle at the top and a pole is threaded through the bottom to weigh it down. A second piece of sheer purple fabric is sewn to the top edge, covering the image unless lifted.
The image itself depicts a large red figure, probably Shinje, wearing a crown adorned with skulls, holding a sword in his right hand and surrounded by fire. Beneath him are small human figures and animals as well as heads crying tears of blood.
caption: Frontal view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 2002.45
caption: Rear view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 2002.45 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | wood thangkas (temple banners (ritual & belief: ritual apparatus)) textiles pigment textile | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-111290 | Go to resource |
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