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186. Drolma (Sanshrit, Tara). — Brass. Similar to preceding No. 

 185. With a fig leaf shaped halo. Crude workmanship. Height, 

 5% inches. Tibet. (Cat. No. 311792, U.S.N.M.) Bequest of Miss 

 Elizabeth S. Stevens. 



187. Two statuettes oj Tara {Drolma). — Bronze, gilt, adorned with 

 mural crowns or diadems, necldace, and armlets, and holding a lotus 

 stalk. Height, 11 inches each. Tibet or Nepal. (Cat. Nos. 316341- 

 316342, U.S.N.M.) Collected by Maj. Murray Vfarner and pre- 

 sented through his widow, Mrs. Gertrude Bass Warner. 



188. Tara {Tibetan, Drolma). — Bronze, gilt. Seated in medita- 

 tion. Adorned with diadem, earrings, necklaces, and bracelets. 

 Tibet. (Cat. No. 315107, U.S.N.M.) Gift of Mrs. John Van Rens- 

 selaer Hoff . 



189. Tara {Tibetan, Drolma). — Old bronze. Seated on a high 

 pedestal, and adorned with diadem, earrings, necklaces, and brace- 

 lets. In the upper palm is a hole in which was inserted some attribute. 

 Tibet. (Cat. No. 315108, U.S.N.M.) Gift of Mrs. John Van Rens- 

 selaer HofF. 



190. Tara {Tibetan, Drolma). — Bronze. The necklaces were 

 studded with colored stones, which have fallen out. Tibet. (Cat. 

 No. 315109, U.S.N.M.) Gift of Mrs John Van Rensselaer Hoff. 



191. Marichi {Tibetan, Odzer Ganma). — Bronze, gilt. Seated in 

 the "easy position," with six arms, holding various attributes. 

 Originally the goddess of dawn, Merichi v/as coupled with the prime- 

 val productive sow, and is believed to be incarnated in the abbess 

 of the convent of Palti Lake in Tibet. Tibet. (Cat. No. 315110, 

 U.S.N.M.) Gift of Mrs. John Van Rensselaer Hoff. 



192. Fudo. — Wood, carved and gilt. Seated in the easy position 

 {lalita Sana) on a rock, holding a sword in the right hand and a snare 

 in the left, with a flame-shaped halo in open work, in a lacquered, 

 gilt shrine. Fudo (the name meaning, "without movement") is con- 

 sidered as the Bodhisattva of Vairochana, the celestial reflex or 

 meditation Buddha of Krakuchanda, the assumed first earthly 

 {manushi) Buddha of the present world period. Fudo's function is 

 to combat evil in the world, and his attributes are a sword and a 

 snare to catch and bind the wicked and smite the guilty. In the 

 funeral ritual of the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism a Fudo 

 sword is placed in front of the celebrant in the belief that he takes 

 charge of the soul after death. Fudo is also patron of soldiers. 

 Height, 6K inches. Japan. (Plate 49 (left), Cat. No. 311812, 

 U.S.N.M.) Bequest of Miss Elizabeth S. Stevens. 



193. Tamdrin, or Tamdin {Sanskrit, Hayagriva). — Bronze, gilt and 

 polished, Hayagriva-Tamdrin is one of the eight dreadful gods, 

 united by the Tibetans in the group of Dragshed ("terrible slayer"). 

 They are Hindu or local Tibetan gods brought into the Buddhist 



