A tibetan EMBROIDERED THANGKA OF mahakala
The thangka is finely woven in the centre with the ferocious black figure of the Six-Arm Mahakala of Wisdom holding a kapala and a kartrika in his primary hands, as well as further attributes of skull-shaped prayer beads, a trident, a damaru drum and a vajra rope in his subsidiary hands. He is adorned with jewellery, a five-skull crown and a garland of skulls, and wears an elephant hide draped over his shoulders, a billowing blue scarf and a tiger skin around his hips.
Dimension: W. 81 cm. H. 150 cm.

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