
Demon-Binding Against Sickness
- Location
- Dolpo region, western Nepal
- Date
- ca. 1975
- Material
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- 6 3/8 x 4 1/8 in.
- Collection
Rubin Museum of Art; Gift of Nik Douglas; C2009.10.17
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