Glenbow Museum is fortunate to have received a significant collection of monumental religious sculptures from the Bumper Development Corporation Ltd. of Calgary, giving an excellent overview of Hindu and Buddhist art from India, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, Cambodia, Thailand, Korea, Japan, China, and Indonesia. With this gift we can reflect on the beauty and diversity of the artistic traditions of Asia, and learn about the people who continue to follow these traditions today. Glenbow also has ethnographic collections from Indonesia, Borneo, and other regions of South, Southeast, and East Asia.
Lhamo
Tibet
late 17th - early 18th century A.D.
bronze, paint, turquoise, coral, modern base
996.044.001
The goddess Lhamo is the guardian deity of the holy city of Lhasa. Her terrifying appearance symbolizes her great power as a protectress of the Buddhist faith and the people of Tibet.
