Thangka

2006-21-4

From: Mongolia

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Thangka
Object Number 2006-21-4
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mongolian | Halh | Khalkha | Buddhist
Provenience Mongolia
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Canvas | Pigment
Iconography Green Tara | Nogoon Dari’ekh | Eight Fears
Inscription Language Tibetan Language
Description

Green Tara (Mongolian: Nogoon Dari’ekh) protecting from the Eight Fears. The eight fears include: attachment, false views, pride, jealousy, anger, doubt, greed, and ignorance. These are depicting around the central figure. Inscriptions on the back activate the images on the front and read ཨོཾ་ཨཿཧཱུྂ་oṃ ā huṃ (Chinese:唵啞吽).

Credit Line Museum Purchase, 2006

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