Sakya blessing pills

Museum number:
9-22006a-d
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210922006a@2dd
Alternate number:
BY.T-126a-d and T-126a-d (original number)
Description:
These are sacred pills given TB by the King of Sakya (the Head of the Sakya Order of Buddhism, and King of the Sakya Region of Tibet). They are in a paper wrapper with a description of their origins and powers. See: BQ-14.03 i(a letter from the Head of the Sa-skya (Phuntsok Podrang) given by him for delivery to President F.D. Roosevelt.See also T-153.
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Production date:
20th century
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
paper— width 15.5 centimeters and pills— diameter 1 centimeters
Loans:
S2015-2016 #3: Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley) (May 5, 2016–August 2, 2016)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Sakya blessing pills, accession number 9-22006a-d, described as These are sacred pills given TB by the King of Sakya (the Head of the Sakya Order of Buddhism, and King of the Sakya Region of Tibet). They are in a paper wrapper with a description of their origins and powers. See: BQ-14.03 i(a letter from the Head of the Sa-skya (Phuntsok Podrang) given by him for delivery to President F.D. Roosevelt.See also T-153.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Sakya blessing pills, accession number 9-22006a-d, described as These are sacred pills given TB by the King of Sakya (the Head of the Sakya Order of Buddhism, and King of the Sakya Region of Tibet). They are in a paper wrapper with a description of their origins and powers. See: BQ-14.03 i(a letter from the Head of the Sa-skya (Phuntsok Podrang) given by him for delivery to President F.D. Roosevelt.See also T-153.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Sakya blessing pills, accession number 9-22006a-d, described as These are sacred pills given TB by the King of Sakya (the Head of the Sakya Order of Buddhism, and King of the Sakya Region of Tibet). They are in a paper wrapper with a description of their origins and powers. See: BQ-14.03 i(a letter from the Head of the Sa-skya (Phuntsok Podrang) given by him for delivery to President F.D. Roosevelt.See also T-153.

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