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Unique Identifier AR919639 
Type Image 
Purpose Public 
Size 2825px × 2220px 
Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY 
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18th century
Amulet
artefact
Artifact
Boxwood
Buddhism
color
concept
dorje
eighteenth century
ENLIGHTENMENT
Museum of East Asian Art
Object
religion
Religious
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Thunder
Thunderbolt
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TIBETAN
TIBETAN BUDDHISM
vajra
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Wood