Mahakalalate 18th or 19th century[com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@13fca]com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@13fcaThangka: opaque watercolors and gold on clothDense composition with Mahakala surrounded by a mixture of buddhas, bodhisattvas, guardians and tantric deities, a couple of them even mounted on horses. This is the form Gom-po nag-po, who is blue and has one head and six arms. He steps to the rights on the elephant-headed Vanakaka. He's wearing a tigerskin, a belt of skulls, a snake necklace and large round earrings. His hair is standing straight up over his fierce third eye, pointing to where Tsong-Kha-pa sits above his head. He holds the following attributes: original hands (right hand holds karttrka or chopper, left hand holds a kapala (skull). Next pair of hands: right hand holds damaru (drum), left holds pasa (noose). Last pair: right hand holds mala (rosary) of skulls, left holds trisula (trident). Colors: tones of green, blue, red and ochre within fine gold outlines which stand out vigorously against the black ground.com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.Classification@5fhttps://emuseum.cornell.edu/objects/5139/rdf