Thangka depicting the Bön master Tsewang Rigdzin in Yab Yum with his consort Kandro Öden Barma, Tibet, 19th-20th centuryInk and pigments on canvas. The Bön Lama Tsewang Rigdzin ( བླ་མ། in Tibetan, 喇嘛 in Chinese) is dressed in a tiger skin, with his foot resting on a corpse and enthroned on a lotus whose base is composed of five animals: the snow lion, elephant, horse, dragon and Kyung (mythical Bön bird). He is recognizable by his attributes, in his right hand the wish-fulfilling jewel (swastika) and on the left the kapala (skull cap) filled with the two wonderful accumulations. He is depicted surrounded by various deities and masters of the Bön lineage. Some of them are named with inscriptions painted in gold in Tibetan. Mounted on a black textile support and covered with another green silk support as protection. Height: 104 cm; width: 72 cmSewang Rigdzin is one of the sons of one of the main masters of the Bön rite, opposed to Buddhism, Drenpa Namka . This thangka is similar to the one in the Rubin Museum in New York, representing Drenpa Namkah where the iconography surrounding the two central figures is identical. For a similar representation see Himalayan Art Resources https://www.himalayanart.org/items/15859/images/primary#-4218,-6376,8528,