Subject: thutob / mthu stobs fighting monk, ldab-ldob 'punk monk'
Culture: Tibetan
Setting: Tibet mid-late 20thc
Object: ཕུར་པ phurba dagger
Turkish Cafe & Lounge *
Dallas Museum of Art > Owsley Gallery of South Asian Art *
"Ritual dagger (phur-bu) Tibet Copper, iron, brass, and cloth ....
Phur-bus are magic daggers used by monk-shamans to symbolically pierce evil demons.
The thunderbolt (vajra) and four-sided head with ferocious faces that decorate the handle represent the shaman's spirit power.
The hollow blade is triangular in section. The use of several different types of metal adds to the dagger's magical force[.]"
* United Cutlery
* American Museum of Natural History > Stout Hall of Asian Peoples
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