Image: Tibetan - Phurbu-cum-chopper - Walters 511448 - View A
Description: This unique and exquisitely crafted ritual object combines the Tibetan dagger with the curved chopper. Animating the dagger is the power of the three deities whose faces (one with a horse's head above it) appear at the top: they destroy ignorance, desire, and hatred. The chopper, which has the form of a butcher's flaying knife, cuts through ignorance and evil tendencies. The section opposite the chopper has the shape of a vajra (thunderbolt).
Title: Phurbu-cum-chopper
Credit: Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork
Author: Anonymous (Tibet)Unknown author
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