Friday, March 04, 2005

The Queen of Hell, Muli, 1928


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"A Tibetan Conception of the Queen of Hell" wrote Joseph Rock after his 1928 visit to Muli. "She plays a prominent part in nearly all lama dances, both in and out of Tibet, and is usually portrayed with a scepter and a coronet of skulls."

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