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Bloodletting Chart. Tibet. 1700s.

Tibetan buddhist chart indicating good and bad bloodletting days and when to guard against demons. At the center of the chart is a Sme Ba, 9 figures symbolising the elements in geomancy, surrounded by the Pa-Kua, 8 trigrams, surrounded by 12 animals representing months and years.