Ink well

Museum number:
9-21908a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
BY.T-90a,b and T-90a,b (original number)
Description:
This is a standard Tibetan ink well used with the bamboo or other quill pens carried in the pen holders such as T-73, T-100, T-101, B-06See: T-73 pict
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Brass (alloy), Bronze (metal), Ink, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Inkwells
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Production date:
18th-19th century
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Ink well, accession number 9-21908a,b, described as This is a standard Tibetan ink well used with the bamboo or other quill pens carried in the pen holders such as T-73, T-100, T-101, B-06See: T-73 pictHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Ink well, accession number 9-21908a,b, described as This is a standard Tibetan ink well used with the bamboo or other quill pens carried in the pen holders such as T-73, T-100, T-101, B-06See: T-73 pict

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