Collection place: Tibetan Plateau / Function: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Altar box, accession number 9-22000, described as This is an altar box, It is a wooden box covered with brass medallions and decorations showing Buddhas and deities. On the inside of the hinged lid is a scene of the Buddha with two disciples, probably Shakyamuni with Shariputra and Madhgalyayana. There is a small Chinese padlock, without a key, attached to the closure fitting. It is similar to the locks numbered T-132.

Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 9-21873, described as Mandala of a specific deity drawn in ink on paper, wrapped in colored thread.

Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 9-21872, described as Mandala of a specific deity drawn in ink on paper, wrapped in colored thread, and sealed with wax.

Hearst Museum object titled Aura or halo, accession number 9-21999, described as This is the aura or halo (gyab-yol) for a bronze deity image. It does not appear to fit any of the images in the present collection. As is known from documentation and photographs in the present collection, the orginal collection brought by TB from Tibet in 1937 included a great many other artifacts and images. Perhaps this artifact goes with one of those images.The aura or halo (gyab-yol) is seen in most all Buddhist images and paintings of enlightened deities (i.e., Buddhas and Bodhisattvas). It is an iconographic convention for indicating the sacred power of the deity.

Hearst Museum object titled Barrel, accession number 9-21910a, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Base, accession number 9-21914b, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Base, accession number 9-21925a, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Base for deity image, accession number 9-22355, described as Bottom for a bronze deity image. It is damaged and was probably discarded as it could no longer seal the consecration materials into the image.

Hearst Museum object titled Base plate for diety figure, accession number 9-22001, described as This is the bottom plate used to seal the consecration materials in a bronze image of a Buddha or other Buddhist deity. Note the ingraved double vajra. A double vajra is always ingraved or embossed in the bottom plate of an image, this seals the consecration so as to stabilize the presence of the deity within the image.See: T- 131.

Hearst Museum object titled Base plate for diety figure, accession number 9-22002, described as This is the bottom plate used to seal the consecration materials in a large bronze image of a Buddha or other Buddhist deity. Note the ingraved double vajra. A double vajra is always ingraved or embossed in the bottom plate of an image, this seals the consecration so as to stabilize the presence of the deity within the image.See: T- 131.

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