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Metal and Stone Vestiges
Religion, Magic and Protection in the Art of Ancient Tibet

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This pre-Buddhist petroglyph shows an animal with wide curved horns, adeptly portraying this dominant feature of the wild sheep. This petroglyph was created by removing the entire rock surface from the composition to give it a silhouetted form.

all text & images © John Vincent Bellezza

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