Saturday 10 February 2018

Unmasked at Pitt Rivers



I saw this wonderful mask portraying Balabhadra in the Pitt Rivers Museum. It is lovely piece and one of over 600 masks in their collection. https://www.prm.ox.ac.uk


Not a great deal can be discovered about Balabhadra. I did find out that in Jainism, an ancient Indian religion Balabhadra is among the noted sixty-three illustrious beings, beings whose life stories are said to be most inspiring.

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