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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Tibetan
Title:Vajrapani
Date Made:18th-19th century
Type:Sculpture; Ceremonial
Materials:Copper
Place Made:Asia; Tibet
Measurements:Overall: 7 5/8 in x 5 in x 2 9/16 in; 19.4 cm x 12.7 cm x 6.5 cm
Narrative Inscription:  No inscription.
Accession Number:  MH 1903.2.J.G
Credit Line:Gift of Marcus Carleton, in memory of his mother, Celestia Carleton (Class of 1854)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
A cast copper statuette of the ferocious deity Vajrapani on a lotus base in the active warrior pose and step on two human-face and snake-body creatures, wearing his iconic skin of a tiger around his waist and holding a vajra in his outstretched right hand and a lasso in his left hand. He has a third eyes and around his neck are serpents.

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