Wooden box with carving of temple on lid

Museum number:

BY.A-49

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Alternate number:

A-49 (original number)

Description:

Box with a flip lid. Lid has a wooden carving of a large temple at the top of a platform. Staircase in center. Two cylindrical towers flank temple. Metal floral inlay surrounds the wooden carving on lid. Ivory bordering lid. Purple velvet lines inside lid and inner box. Bottom of box is broken.

Collector:

Theos C. Bernard

Materials:

Ivory (material), Metal, and Wood (plant material)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Carvings (visual works)

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)