Art

The Red Yogini, Vajrayogini
Tibet, 19th century
Girl Herder
Lhasa, Tibet, 2006
Yogini Nairatmya
Tibet, 17th century
Vajravarahi
Nepal, Dated by inscription, 1822
Vajravarahi
Bhutan, possibly Punakha Dzong, Mid-19th century
Vajravarahi
Tibet, 20th century
Vajrayogini
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 18th century
Vajrayogini
Tibet, 18th century
White Tara
Tibet, 18th century
White Tara
Tibet, 15th century
Two-sided Festival Banner of Varunani and Varahi
Nepal, 17th or 18th century
Tara Protecting from the Eight Fears
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Tara as Protectress from the Eight Fears
Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Tara, as a Great Yogini, After a Set of Paintings “Twenty-seven Tantric Deities” designed by Situ Panchen (1700-1774)
Kham Province, Eastern Tibet, 19th century
Tara
Tibet, 18th century
Siddhi Lakshmi
Nepal, dated by inscription, 1694

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Fluid Depictions of Gender and Identity in Himalayan Art
Deities beyond the binaries of gender
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