Thousand Hand Bodhisattva (Guan Yin) (千手观音). Fragment from the movie Samsara by Ron Fricke. © 2012 – Oscilloscope Pictures.
From wikipedia:
Guanyin is an East Asian spiritual figure of mercy, and a bodhisattva associated with compassion as venerated by Mahayana Buddhists. The name Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin, which means “Perceiving the Sounds (or Cries) of the World”. She[A] is also sometimes referred to as Guanyin Bodhisattva (Chinese: 觀音菩薩, Guān Yīn Pú Sà).[1]
The coreography was created by Zang Jigang.
See the full coreography here:
This wooden statue of Quan Am Nghin Mat Nghin Tay (Quan Am of 1000 Eyes and 1000 Hands) was created in Bac Ninh Province of Northern Vietnam around the year 1656 in Bắc Ninh Province, northern Vietnam, for the But Thap Pagoda. It is now located in the History Museum in Hanoi. Public Domain by Doktor Max via Wikipedia.
Eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara
Gilt copper with turquoise inlays; height: 78 cm.
Tibet, 18th century.
Lhasa, Norbulingka Palace. Catalogue no.34. From TIBET – Monasteries Open Their Treasure Rooms –
the exhibition and its book: A Review by Michael Henss.
I find some of the figures extremely similar to the Assyrian Tree of Life:
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