A citation to the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art's own catalogue entry for this thangka, accession C2006.66.131, cross-checked against Smarthistory's published curatorial discussion of the same object with the museum's senior curator. Their strength is a directly examined institutional catalogue record plus expert curatorial commentary on iconography. Their limit is that neither source is a study of how the Wheel of Life is actually used in monastery teaching practice today, only of the object and its traditional iconographic program.
Facts
Citation
AuthorRubin Museum of Himalayan Art, catalogue entry; Elena Pakhoutova (Senior Curator) with Smarthistory
Publisherrubinmuseum.org and smarthistory.org
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://rubinmuseum.org/collection/c2006-66-131/
Source TypeMuseum
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
The Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art's own catalogue entry, credited to its named senior curator and cross-referenced with Smarthistory; a reliable curatorial record, but a catalogue entry rather than a full scholarly monograph, hence the middle tier. Claims Backed By This Source (31 claims)
This source backs 31 claims across the atlas. As facts: 24 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 16 claims: 11 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
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