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# Head-dress

Head-dress (priest's). Head-dress or helmet of a Vajracarya, surmounted by a vajra and bearing medallions with auspicious objects; on the front a crest with a seated Buddha. Made of gilded and turquoise, silver inlaid bronze; inscribed.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 951–1851 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1948-0716-6](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1948-0716-6) · Pramāṇa
