Yellow Demon Surrounded by Flames About to Gobble a Man - Tibetan Tsakli Card Art Print
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A lama raises this Tibetan tsakli card at arm’s length, and the yellow demon surrounded by flames lurches forward, about to gobble a man whole. Fangs bared. The captive dangles from one ocher fist, legs limp. Hair erupts in ash-mauve ropes around a bone-white skull the size of a thumb's nail.
Itinerant lamas carried initiation cards like this over Himalayan passes, a set for each empowerment ritual. Initiates held the wrathful protector in visualization until it lived behind their eyelids. Gouache and mineral pigments soaked into cotton. Time cracked them into dry riverbeds. Rust red flame tongues lick a salmon halo, and a malachite green night pools behind everything.
A spotted hide bristles at the hips. Hoops drag each earlobe low. In Vajrayana teaching the captive is your own knot of obstacles, devoured so you can walk lighter. Folded into a gau amulet box, a single card once rode against a traveler’s heart as protection. Pinned above your desk, this Tibetan Buddhist art print keeps its jaws wide, hungry for whatever you toss into the fire next.
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Framed Art Prints
1. Vertical
Use the sawtooth hanger at the top middle on the back of the frame and hang it on a single screw or nail.
2. Horizontal
Hang the two sawtooth hangers on two screws or nails at the same heightPut two screws or nails in the wall at the same height, spaced the same distance apart as the two sawtooth hangers, then hang your print on them.
Framed Canvas
1. D-rings (most secure)
Screw a D-ring onto the back of the frame on the left and right, both at the same height. A ruler helps here. Then put two screws in the wall where you want your canvas, level with each other and spaced the same distance apart as the D-rings. A spirit level makes this easier. Finally, hook the D-rings onto the screws.
2. Straight onto screws
Keep it simple: put two screws in the wall at the same height and rest the inner lip at the top of the back of the frame on them.
1. Cost
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2. Produced on Demand
Printed after you purchase at print labs across the USA, UK, EU & AUS. Produced, quality checked, packed with care and handed to trusted shipping carriers within 72-96 hours on average.
3. Production + Shipping =
USA: 4-9 days • Canada: 5-12 days • UK: 4-9 days • EU: 5-10 days • AUS: 4-9 days • NZ: 5-12 days • Rest of the world: 3-4 weeks
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