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**Nicholas Roerich, Mongol Tsam, 1928**

Joseph Houseal 11 November 2023

Joseph Houseal explores the legacy of the renowned Russian explorer and cultural preservationist

Skull mask, Mongolia, 1967. Photo by Werner Forman. Image courtesy of the Werner Forman Archive

Mongolia: A Complex Dance Survival

Joseph Houseal 10 October 2020

Sustaining an ancient legacy

Mongolian Tsam, Socialist Realism: People’s Painter Urjingiin Yadamsuren

Joseph Houseal 11 September 2020

One of the great ethnographers of Buddhist…

Aerial view of the statue of Avalokiteshvara in Nurselenie, Buryatia. From arigus.tv

Avalokiteshvara in the Pure Land of Sanaga, Buryatia

Lyudmila Klasanova 18 August 2020

New sculpture to be the largest Buddhist image in the…

Ceremonial tsam mask. From the Milan Klečka collection. A tourdag mask of a burial grounds protector. A pair of protectors defends the dance ground. They wear dresses decorated with a skeleton pattern, with colorful fans on the sides of the head, so-called “butterflies.” In the background, the mask of the god of war. Photo by Jakub Šedý. Image courtesy of the Náprstek Museum

The Secret Life of Collections

Joseph Houseal 11 July 2020

Insights into Czech cultural connections with Buddhist…