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A lama is the chief monk at a Tibetan monastery. He was considered sacred after his death. This bronze shows a lama wearing the special hat of the Karmapa, identifying him as the head of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. He is engaged in a Tantric ritual with a vajra or thunderbolt in his right hand and a skull cap in his left. This might represent Mikyo Dorje, the Eighth Karmapa (1507-1554).
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- Robert Warren Clark "Figure of a lama," in The Arts of India, South East Asia, and the Himalayas, Anne R. Bromberg (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013), 166.
- Anne Bromberg, Label text, 2003.
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1970: Alta Brenner, Dallas, Texas
1994: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Alta Brenner
The main source for this provenance is the copy of the Deed of Gift in the Collections Records object file.
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General Description
A lama is the chief monk at a Tibetan monastery. He was considered sacred after his death. This bronze shows a lama wearing the special hat of the Karmapa, identifying him as the head of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. He is engaged in a Tantric ritual with a vajra or thunderbolt in his right hand and a skull cap in his left. This might represent Mikyo Dorje, the Eighth Karmapa (1507-1554).
Adapted from
- Robert Warren Clark "Figure of a lama," in The Arts of India, South East Asia, and the Himalayas, Anne R. Bromberg (Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013), 166.
- Anne Bromberg, Label text, 2003.
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Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
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Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
1970: Alta Brenner, Dallas, Texas
1994: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Alta Brenner
The main source for this provenance is the copy of the Deed of Gift in the Collections Records object file.
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