ABR 096
Code: ABR 096
Country: Tibet
Style:
Date: 1500 - 1600
Dimensions in cm WxHxD: 4.2 x 14.5 x 3
Materials: Bone
Carved bone ornament with a Dakini
This ornament was a part of a dancer's apron. It is carved from bone, usually human bone and depicts a Dakini, a female deity. Four-armed, she stands naked in the dancing posture on a lotus base. She holds the flaying knife, the skull cup, the tantric sceptre and the double drum, which she sounds above her head. She is surrounded by scrolling plant tendrils.
One has to imagine dozens of similar elements connected by a net of beads and bone ornaments, which form the apron. Bone is one of the preferred materials for the production of tantric ritual artefacts.
This ornament was a part of a dancer's apron. It is carved from bone, usually human bone and depicts a Dakini, a female deity. Four-armed, she stands naked in the dancing posture on a lotus base. She holds the flaying knife, the skull cup, the tantric sceptre and the double drum, which she sounds above her head. She is surrounded by scrolling plant tendrils.
One has to imagine dozens of similar elements connected by a net of beads and bone ornaments, which form the apron. Bone is one of the preferred materials for the production of tantric ritual artefacts.