Portable shrine

Museum number:
9-8176
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3474 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2403
Description:
Reliquary with roof and tuned finial on lotus pedestal and base; glass arched compartment contains three pebbles, one to a tier, and a plant bristle; gilded wood; height 16 cm. Container for relics.
Donor:
Albert M. Bender
Collection place:
Japan
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Portable
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Portable shrine, accession number 9-8176, described as Reliquary with roof and tuned finial on lotus pedestal and base; glass arched compartment contains three pebbles, one to a tier, and a plant bristle; gilded wood; height 16 cm. Container for relics.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Portable shrine, accession number 9-8176, described as Reliquary with roof and tuned finial on lotus pedestal and base; glass arched compartment contains three pebbles, one to a tier, and a plant bristle; gilded wood; height 16 cm. Container for relics.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Portable shrine, accession number 9-8176, described as Reliquary with roof and tuned finial on lotus pedestal and base; glass arched compartment contains three pebbles, one to a tier, and a plant bristle; gilded wood; height 16 cm. Container for relics.

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