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Ritual Offerings in Tibetan Art

Ritual Pellet Drum
Tibet, late 19th–20th century
Human skulls, animal skin with mineral pigments; embroidered cloth fittings
Drum: 5 1/8 x 6 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. (13.01 x 16.83 x 14.61 cm); Fittings: 21 x 3 1/2 in. (53.3 x 8.9 cm)

Gift of Noriko Gibney in memory of James Talbot Gibney
LACMA (AC1998.34.1)

© Museum Associates/Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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