Item: Teacher (Lama) - Teacher
| Origin Location | Tibet |
|---|---|
| Date Range | 1700 - 1799 |
| Lineages | Drukpa (Kagyu) and Buddhist |
| Material | Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton |
| Collection | American Museum of Natural History |
| Catalogue # | AMNH 70.2/ 3737 |
Classification: Person
Appearance: Monastic
Gender: Male
Tagtsang Repa Ngawang Gyatso (stag tshang ras pa ngag dbang rgya mtsho) (1574 -1651) [BDRC P7857].
He was born in 1574 into a branch of the Khon family responsible for the administration of Pelkhor Chode in Gyantse. However, he was ordained by the Drugpa Kagyu teacher Lhatsewa Ngawang Zangpo and was educated at a Drukpa Kagyu monastery. He spent the last 20 years of his life in Ladakh serving the king named Sengge Namgyal.
In the 1630s he restored Hemis Monastery in Ladakh, where murals and sculptures of him wearing his unique hat can be found.
Publication: Visual Dharma: the Buddhist Art of Tibet
Thematic Sets
Collection of AMNH: Best, or Unique Paintings
Teacher: Tagtsang Repa
Subject: Hats (Kagyu Miscellaneous)
Collection of American Museum of Natural History - I