Terracotta (?) - numerous visible alterations due to frequent use. This lamp was designed to hold a copper dish. Traces of lampblack deposited on it...
Element depicting human and animal skins, human skulls and four Citipati heads. This piece originally adorned the base of a Buddhist monument of the...
Polychrome, repoussé-worked aluminum, with added fangs and an attached ear (the other is missing). On the upper forehead, applications of a metallic...
A pet of the goddess Pārvatī, he was put to death by Shiva. Faced with the goddess's distress, Shiva restored him to life as a bhūta, a spirit, whom...
Plaques carved in bone and adorned with pearls are arranged on an antique Chinese brocade. In the center, five plates depict ḍãkini (demons or witches...
Essential for most rites. The ghaṇṭā in this set is older than the vajra. Bronze, embellished with trimmings Monda lama H. vajra: 11.5 cm; H. ghantà...