print email comment close Walter Koelz and the Tibetan Thang-ka Exhibit URL: http://lw.lsa.umich.edu/umma/exhibits/koelz/tanka/tankaexhibit.html Description: Images of Tibetan Tankas, "portable religious painting[s] on cloth." The 48 images from the Koelz Expedition include explanatory text "and represent various time periods and Buddhist sects." Also features the brief essay "What is a Tanka?" and information on Tanka iconography and styles of painting. From the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan. Publisher: University of Michigan Library of Congress Subject Headings: Art, Buddhist Art, Tibetan Tankas (Tibetan scrolls) LII Database Information: Record 5653 created by Tom McGibney on 03/14/2002 Last modification on 11/10/2009 Published: 03/14/2002   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/5653