Humkara
(item no. 59707)

Bhutan

1800 - 1899

Buddhist Lineage

Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton

Collection of Rubin Museum of Art


 


Vajra Humkara (Tib.: dor je hung dze).

"Humkara, black [with] one face and two hands. Holding a vajra and bell to the heart in his own gesture. Having slightly bared fangs and three eyes. Yellow hair bristling upwards. Adorned with jewels and snakes. Having a lower garment of tiger skin. Standing in a manner with the left leg extended subduing Bhairava." (Konchog Lhundrub, 1497-1557).

Jeff Watt, 6-2006



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