Saving Saraha: conservation of a Tibetan thangka
From stitching silk to X-ray scanning, find out what goes into conserving a sacred object before it goes on display in Tantra: enlightenment to revolution. In summer 2019, a beautiful Tibetan thangka came to the British Museum’s Hirayama studio. It was in poor condition, with light-damaged silk borders and flaking paint, so it needed to be… Read more.