Skull club, from a set of tantric ritual implements

Object Details

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

  Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia (October 14, 2017 to February 6, 2022)

  The Tibetan Shrine from the Alice S. Kandell Collection (March 13, 2010 to November 27, 2016)

• Origin

  Derge, Tibet

• Credit Line

  The Alice S. Kandell Collection

• Type

  Ceremonial Object

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1800s, 1890s

• Place

  Derge, Tibet

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Ritual and Worship Use, Tantra, Skull, Alice S. Kandell Collection, Iron, Metal-work

• Culture

  Buddhists, Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Ceremonial objects