Incarnation Lineage: Shamarpa (Hat Ornamentation Survey)

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Shamarpa Iconography

Subjects, Topics & Types:
- Description
- Emblem (front)
- Clouds (sides)
- Confusions: Situ Hat, Gyaltsab Hat, Lotus Hat
- Others...

Videos:
- Shamar Hat Ornamentation (HAR on Patreon [10 min.])
- Karma Kagyu Hats

These are the results below of a quick survey of the Kunzig Shamarpa hat decorations on both painting and sculpture on the HAR website.

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Out of 23 Shamarpa Paintings:

10 Paintings have the Three Jewels: HAR #2, 202, 961, 51887, 61065, 81548, 90719, 91444, 91449, 98942.

11 paintings have the four petal motif, Five Jewel motif or a simple diamond shape: #195, 20659, 48222, 61046, 61050, 61058, 65804, 81044, 93741, 3314391.

2 paintings have a double vajra: #61028, 61053.

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Out of 22 Shamarpa Sculpture:

8 sculpture have the Three Jewels: #4809, 7725, 10586, 13395, 16866, 16869, 83256, 13715.

10 sculpture have the four petal motif, Five Jewel motif or a simple diamond shape: #24390, 2266, 13426(?), 32240, 57293, 65561, 68494, 68499, 101642, 330345.

4 sculpture have a double vajra (however 2 or 3 of the sculpture could well be Karmapas with the hat painted red as two of them have the cloud trailing forward & the 3rd is unclear): #13426(?), 68478(?), 202851, 202853.

Jeff Watt, 9-2025

(The images below are only a selection of examples from then links above).