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| Keywords: Tibetan - Ritual Dagger - Walters 52311.jpg Originally the phur-bu was probably a simple peg used to secure tent ropes to the ground No doubt the ability of the peg to pierce gave rise to the expression kilaya kilaya pierce pierce often a component of tantric mantras along with han han destroy destroy or maraya maraya kill kill The objects of destruction are of course enemies of the faith evil forces as well as psychic demons This example typically Tibetan in form is particularly handsome and visually powerful It has a three-sided iron blade adorned with silver intertwined serpents and a golden makara mythical aquatic creature guarding the joint of the hilt and the blade Then a silver thunderbolt with sixteen prongs has two knots of immutability at the two ends The finial has three wrathful heads with open mouths and hanging tongues crowned by prongs of yet another thunderbolt The square faces of the deity are particularly expressive with their strongly molded features and a rich interplay of gilt silver inlay and lightly applied pigments century 16 iron silver gold cm 32 4 accession number 52 311 38627 John and Berthe Ford Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum John Berthe Ford 2002 Desire and Devotion Art from India Nepal and Tibet in the John and Berthe Ford Collection The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham; Santa Barbara Museum of Art Santa Barbara; Albuquerque Museum Albuquerque 2001-2003 place of origin Tibet Walters Art Museum license Tibetan art in the Walters Art Museum Metalwork of Tibet Phurba | ||||
