Item: Humkara (Buddhist Deity) - (Two Arms)

Tibetan: ཧུཾ་མཛད་ཀ་ར། ནང་ལྷ། Chinese: 大威红胜金刚（佛教本尊）

(item no. 59707)

Origin Location	Bhutan
Date Range	1800 - 1899
Lineages	Buddhist
Material	Ground Mineral Pigment on Cotton
Collection	Rubin Museum of Art

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Semi-Peaceful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Vajra Humkara (Tib.: dor je hung dze).

"Humkara, black [with] one face and two hands. Holding a vajra and bell to the heart in his own gesture. Having slightly bared fangs and three eyes. Yellow hair bristling upwards. Adorned with jewels and snakes. Having a lower garment of tiger skin. Standing in a manner with the left leg extended subduing Bhairava." (Konchog Lhundrub, 1497-1557).

Jeff Watt, 6-2006