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Image Record ID: 
aahi0012930
Work Title (display): 
16th Karmapa performing Black Crown initiation
Image Title: 
16th Karmapa Lama placing the Black Crown atop monastery
Work Description: 
Last undisputed Karmapa Ranjung Rigpe Dorje (1924-1981), photo taken March 1970. The Black Crown initiation is one of the higher initiations available to practitioners of Karma Kagyu Buddhism.
Work Dates (display): 
March 1970
Work Dates type: 
performance
Image Date (display): 
March 1970
Image Date type: 
photographed
Work Creator (display): 
Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Gyalwa Karmapa (Tibetan, 1924-1981)
Work Creator gender: 
male
Work Style Period: 
20th century
Work Style Period: 
Contemporary
Work Subject: 
Kagyü
Work Subject: 
Tibetan Buddhism
Work Subject: 
Buddhism
Work Subject: 
religions (belief systems, cultures)
Work Subject: 
ceremonies
Work Subject: 
Black Crown
Work Subject: 
religious ceremonies
Work Worktype: 
ceremonies
Work Worktype: 
religious ceremonies
Work Category (VRC classification): 
performance
Work Location (Geographic) name: 
Kathmandu, Nepal
Work Location (Geographic) role: 
performance
Image Rights (display): 
© Dianne J. Bernier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Work Rights (display): 
unknown
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Holding Institution: 
University of Colorado Boulder
Collection: 
Art and Art History Visual Resources Center
Subcollection: 
Ronald M. and Dianne J. Bernier Archive
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