The Metropolitan Museum of Art's own open-access collection API record for Bhairava, accession 2012.444.2, in the Asian Art department. Read as part of a 2026-08-28 divinity depth pass filling artwork entities the atlas had minted with a description and cross-references but no properties of their own.
Facts
Citation
PublisherMetropolitan Museum of Art
URLhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/78187
Source TypeMuseum
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The holding museum's own open-access collection API record for the accessioned mask, the strongest available record for its date, culture and accession number, whose own title is the subject's bare name. Cross-Tradition Connections
Associated With
This source names Bhairava directly: "open-access collection API record for "Bhairava," a gilded copper ritual mask with rock crystal and paint, Nepal, Kathmandu Valley, Malla period, 16th century."
Sources
Cite this page as it read on August 28, 2026: /cite/51
Claims Backed By This Source (23 claims)
This source backs 23 claims across the atlas. As facts: 18 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 17 claims: 13 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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