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Docent Talks: The Dakini
Join us for an in-depth look at a key artwork from the collection.
Enliven your visit with an in-depth look at a key artwork from the collection. Each twenty-minute talk highlights a single artwork. The dakini (sky-walker) of Tibetan Buddhism is a mythical being that inhabits the sky realm. Join us in the Himalayan gallery for an in-depth look at this fearsome deity.
Meet in gallery 12, The Himalayas and the Tibetan Buddhist World (3rd floor).
This event is included with General Admission.
Image: The Buddhist deity Simhavaktra, a dakini, 1736-1795. China; Beijing or Chengde, Hebei province. Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Reign of the Qianlong emperor (1736-1795). Dry lacquer with inlaid semiprecious stones. Asian Art Museum, The Avery Brundage Collection, B60S600. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
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