Object type: ethnography / Donor: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) / Function: 4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object type ethnography Donor University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) Function 4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings

Hearst Museum object titled Bell like object, accession number 9-9534, described as bell; 4 scalloped lobed edge; gilted brass; clapper missing; Buddhist temple bell

Hearst Museum object titled Candleholder, accession number 9-9503, described as candleholder, picket type; brass; lotus flower, bud and stem with leaf pedestal

Hearst Museum object titled Lantern, accession number 9-9549, described as Lamp, hanging type, brass: dome-shaped top and bottom with pierced openwork design of birds, flora, animals and human figures; hexagonal midsection with panes of red glass; 2 ledges with cocks and crescent figures; adjustable chain and hanging device with 3 pulleys; height 36.5 cm, width 19 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Lantern, accession number 9-9538, described as lantern, brass; bound lotus pedestal with incised floral design at base; light chamber with open hexagon design and hinged door; pagoda top with stupa finial and 3 bells hung from serpent-like heads

Hearst Museum object titled Wooden carving, accession number 9-9541, described as temple rafter embellishment, carved sandlewood; forefront of elephant with upturned tusks, open mouth, spiral mane with flame appendages; end of trunk broken; slide fitting on back with inscription; probably rafter embellishment for a temple or gate; represents baku, mythological animal with head of an elephant with upturned tusks, open mouth and trunk, lion body and ox tail, who eats bad dreams and nightmares. To secure his services, write his name on a piece of paper and sleep on it.