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Hearst Museum object titled Drum, accession number 9-11145, described as Drum,ceremonial;wood,goat or lamb skin,stones;cloth handle; 25 cm diameter 12.7 cm. width According to Prof.Lewis Lancaster (UCB OrientLang), Two headed drum came to Tibet from 1 of the 8 Buddhist sects in India. Tomba Jaggar was said to be the preacher of the sect

Hearst Museum object titled Painting, female deity, accession number 9-8179a,b, described as (a) painting of Lamaist female deity; black-painted wood frame; painting 11.7 x 12.1 cm; overall 14.5 x 14 cm; (b) stand of black-painted wood; height 14.3 cm. Fragment, probably from book cover.

Hearst Museum object titled Reliquary, accession number 9-11021a,b, described as Reliquary, ritual; silver, brass, cotton and wool cloth; used anytime by men or women; usually kept on altar and worshipped; when on tour it is carried on back with belt across shoulder; may contain imaged or relics; type of shrine made at Khamba, Tibet (fide Professor Lewis Lancaster, UCB Oriental Languages Department ca. 1976)

Hearst Museum object titled Rosary, accession number 9-11337, described as Rosary; coconut shell disc beads, beads of coral, amber, ivory, glass and one Job’s Tear on leather thong together with 2 lotus-shaped silver pendants, doubled and hollowed; 2 brass pendants, bell-shaped, on separate thong with copper beads, a glass bead and a brass ornament; Prayed with daily by Tibetans; fondled and counted