Portable altar

Museum number:
9-8307
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2405
Description:
shrine, black lacquer with gold interior; fine; painted representation of a tantric Bodhisattva (with 9 pairs of arms) on a cloth over board backdrop (figure originally belonging to shrine is missing)
Donor:
University Art Museum (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Portable and Portable altars
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)
Loans:
S2002-2003 #9: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (December 20, 2002–April 7, 2003)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Portable altar, accession number 9-8307, described as shrine, black lacquer with gold interior; fine; painted representation of a tantric Bodhisattva (with 9 pairs of arms) on a cloth over board backdrop (figure originally belonging to shrine is missing)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Portable altar, accession number 9-8307, described as shrine, black lacquer with gold interior; fine; painted representation of a tantric Bodhisattva (with 9 pairs of arms) on a cloth over board backdrop (figure originally belonging to shrine is missing)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Portable altar, accession number 9-8307, described as shrine, black lacquer with gold interior; fine; painted representation of a tantric Bodhisattva (with 9 pairs of arms) on a cloth over board backdrop (figure originally belonging to shrine is missing)

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