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Magzor Gyalmo
19th century
Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art
New York, United States
Magzor Gyalmo, or the “Queen that Repels Armies,” is a specific form of the “Glorious Goddess” Palden Lhamo, the principal female protective deity of Tibet. Usually she holds a vajra-tipped staff in her right hand and a skull cup in her left, none of them preserved here. She rides sidesaddle atop a mule. Above her head is a large peacock feather parasol. Besides her garments she wears ornaments of skulls and severed heads, and both her cloak and her saddlecloth are made from flayed human skins. Her mule stands in a sea of blood.
Details
- Title: Magzor Gyalmo
- Date Created: 19th century
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: Rubin Museum of Art, C2002.38.1
- Medium: Wood, wire armature, pâpier-maché, glue, pigments and gilding
- Place of Creation: Tibet or Mongolia
- Exhibition History: Rubin Museum of Art, "Masterworks: Jewels of the Collection" (03/11/11 - 1/9/12), Rubin Museum of Art, "Bardo: Tibetan Art of the Afterlife" (02/12/10 - 09/06/10), Rubin Museum of Art, "The Last Nomads: Photographs from Inner Mongolia" (10/31/08 - 03/02/09), Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, "Demonic Divine in Himalayan Art" (09/22/06 - 12/17/06), Rubin Museum of Art, "Demonic Divine in Himalayan Art" (11/15/04 - 03/13/06)
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