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Photograph by David De Armas, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2013
Mahakala
Photograph by David De Armas, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2013
Photograph by David De Armas, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2013
Mandala of Chart, Yantra Diagram; Tibet; 18th century; ground mineral pigment on cotton; Rubin …
Canopy of a Mahakala Yantra
18th–19th century
Photograph by Bruce M. White, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2010
Mahakala and Protector Deities
early 19th century
Photography by David De Armas Photography. The Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art. 2016.
Raven-headed Mahakala
early to mid-19th century
Photograph by Bruce M. White, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2009
Six-Armed Mahakala
15th century
Photography by David De Armas, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2017.
Panjarnatha Mahakala
early 18th century, ca. 1720
Photograph by Bruce M. White, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2009
Six-Armed White Mahakala
late 18th – early 19th century
Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, F1996.32.7
Black Cloak Mahakala
18th century
Photograph by David De Armas, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2017
Tiger Riding Mahakala
Early 19th century
Photograph by David De Armas, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2017.
Sakya Pandita (1182-1251) and Chogyel Phakpa (1235-1280) with Mahakala Lineage Masters
17th - 18th century
Panjarnatha Mahakala; Tibet; 18th century; pigments on cloth; Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, gi…
Panjarnatha Mahakala
18th century
Photograph by Bruce M. White, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2009.
Panjaranatha Mahakala
15th century
Photograph by David De Armas, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, 2018
Black Cloak Mahakala
19th century