Next week on July 29 marks
#InternationalTigerDay!
We're roaring in to celebrate the wild striped cat with this artwork of the wrathful deity Mahakala riding a tiger, the animal being a symbol of strength, protection, and fierce energy. 🐅
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Tiger Riding Mahakala, Central Tibet, early 19th century, scroll painting, Pigments on cloth, Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, C2002.38.2.
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