Collection place: Tibetan Plateau / Donor: Theos C. Bernard / Materials: Bronze (metal) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Amulet box, accession number 9-21869a,b, described as Amulet box(a) and lid(b), of the type worn by an affluent woman. In it she would put sacred objects such as relics of a venerated Lama (a picture or photograph, a piece of his robe, for example), sacred medicines, a small image of Buddha, mantras written on rolls of paper, and folded and thread-crossed mandalas drawn in ink on paper (such as 9-21872 and 9-21878). The amulet box is worn around the neck in the center of the chest.

Hearst Museum object titled Butter lamp, accession number 9-21858, described as Bronze butter lamp, like 9-21931, is meant for use in a monastery or other large Buddhist temple. Unlike 9-21931, it has a typical flared top, and is ornamented by white metal or silver chasing. The wick is formed from unprocessed cotton and a straw. The cotton is wrapped around the straw, and the straw set in the small hole in the middle of the basin of the lamp. The top of the wick should be slightly above the rim of the lamp. The lamp is then filled with clarified Dri butter. The dri is the female of the yak.

Hearst Museum object titled Double vajra, accession number 9-21894, described as Double vajra, such as would be held in the hand of certain deities.

Hearst Museum object titled Double vajra, accession number 9-21893, described as Double vajra, such as would be held in the hand of certain deities.

Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 9-21797, described as Headdress or tiara made to be placed on the head of a large bronze image of a Buddha or Bodhisattva. The five lobes which represent the five Buddhas.

Hearst Museum object titled Headdress, accession number 9-21796, described as Headdress or tiara made to be placed on the head of a large bronze image of a Buddha or Bodhisattva. It has five lobes which represent the five Buddhas.

Hearst Museum object titled Knob, accession number 9-21995, described as Knob, bronze, used at the end of the wooden rod at the bottom of a Thanka. (Tibetan painted scroll).

Hearst Museum object titled Knob, accession number 9-21992, described as Knob, bronze, used at the end of the wooden rod at the bottom of a Thanka. (Tibetan painted scroll).

Hearst Museum object titled Knob, accession number 9-21994, described as Knob, bronze, used at the end of the wooden rod at the bottom of a Thanka. (Tibetan painted scroll).

Hearst Museum object titled Knob, accession number 9-21993, described as Knob, bronze, used at the end of the wooden rod at the bottom of a Thanka. (Tibetan painted scroll).