Detail:view from the right
This crown may have been intended for wearing in a sacred dance performance, or perhaps was used to adorn the figure of a deity in wood or clay; it is likely that the figure was a Dakini, the young female goddesses so important to the tantric Buddhist tradition. The crown shows signs of damage and repair; the decorative elements under the skulls appear to have been re-affixed.
Detail: view from the left
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