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Dhumavati Sri Devi
Central Tibet, Densatil monastery
Identifiable by her mule conveyance, Sri Devi is the chief protector of Tibet, where she is known as Palden Lhamo. This metal sculpture once adorned a tashi gomang stupa (memorial reliquary for corporeal remains of eminent abbots) at Densatil monastery. Such images were fabricated using the lost-wax method, which involved creating a clay mold from a wax model, melting and draining the wax, and pouring molten metal into the mold to form the sculpture. Finishing, gilding, and inlaying precious stones completed the image.
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