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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Japanese
Title:Triple-headed Deity
Type:Ceremonial
Materials:Bronze
Place Made:Asia; Japan
Measurements:Overall: 6 1/16 in x 2 15/16 in x 1 in; 15.4 cm x 7.5 cm x 2.5 cm
Narrative Inscription:  No inscription.
Accession Number:  MH 1936.7.Q.G
Credit Line:Bequest of Emma Dickinson (Class of 1867)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Triple ferocious headed torso wearing necklace of buds and scarves, holding in upraised right hand a vajra and in downstreched left a serpent (?). The figure ends in a triple flanged point for inset into a staff.

Tags:
religion; Buddhism

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