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Object Type
Museum number: 1992,1214.26
Description: Figure. Garuda. Flaming hair bears sun and moon. Made of gilt bronze.
Production date: 19thC
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Tibet
Materials: gold; bronze
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 69.30 centimetres (off mount); Height: 71.40 centimetres (on mount); Weight: 9 kilograms (on mount); Width: 60 centimetres; Depth: 24 centimetres
Location: On display (G33/dc61)
Exhibition history: 2015-2016 19 Nov-28 Feb, London, Wellcome Collection, Tibet's Secret Temple: Body, Mind and Meditation in Tantric Buddhism
Subjects
Associated names
Acquisition name: Donated by: Johannes Nikolaus Schmitt; Donated by: Mareta Meade
Acquisition date: 1992
Department: Asia
Registration number: 1992,1214.26
Conservation: Treatment: 28 Oct 1992; Treatment: 04 Jul 2017; Treatment: 21/09/2017

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