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Asian Art
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Yama (Lord of Death) and His Sister Yami
ca. 15th century
Tangka, painted in colors and gold on cotton
30 3/16 × 20 5/8 in. (76.7 × 52.4 cm)
Gift of Alice and Nasli Heeramaneck in memory of Viola and William B. Arvine
1988.76.18
Geography:
Tibet, China
Nepal
Status:
Culture:
Tibetan or Nepalese
Classification:
Paintings
Provenance:
Alice N. Heeramaneck and Nasli Heeramaneck (1902–1971), New York; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1988
Bibliography:
Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 283, ill.
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