Wooden carving

Museum number:
9-9541
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090009541
Accession number:
Acc.2405
Description:
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.
Donor:
University Art Museum (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 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.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 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.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.

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