Container

Museum number:
18-1299
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3807
Description:
Funerary ash container. White gauze decorated with gold foil paper over bamboo splint frame; large hole in center; generally poor condition; hemispherical shape. Container for ashes of deceased to be floated out in the ocean. Diameter ca. 14.5 cm.
Donor:
Bernard G. Saunders
Collection place:
Bali, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia
Object type:
(not specified)
Object class:
Cremation urns
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Container, accession number 18-1299, described as Funerary ash container. White gauze decorated with gold foil paper over bamboo splint frame; large hole in center; generally poor condition; hemispherical shape. Container for ashes of deceased to be floated out in the ocean. Diameter ca. 14.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Container, accession number 18-1299, described as Funerary ash container. White gauze decorated with gold foil paper over bamboo splint frame; large hole in center; generally poor condition; hemispherical shape. Container for ashes of deceased to be floated out in the ocean. Diameter ca. 14.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 18-1299, described as Funerary ash container. White gauze decorated with gold foil paper over bamboo splint frame; large hole in center; generally poor condition; hemispherical shape. Container for ashes of deceased to be floated out in the ocean. Diameter ca. 14.5 cm.

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