Aura or halo

Museum number:
9-21999
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
BY.T-234 and T-234 (original number)
Description:
This is the aura or halo (gyab-yol) for a bronze deity image. It does not appear to fit any of the images in the present collection. As is known from documentation and photographs in the present collection, the orginal collection brought by TB from Tibet in 1937 included a great many other artifacts and images. Perhaps this artifact goes with one of those images.The aura or halo (gyab-yol) is seen in most all Buddhist images and paintings of enlightened deities (i.e., Buddhas and Bodhisattvas). It is an iconographic convention for indicating the sacred power of the deity.
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Production date:
19th-20th century
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Aura or halo, accession number 9-21999, described as This is the aura or halo (gyab-yol) for a bronze deity image. It does not appear to fit any of the images in the present collection. As is known from documentation and photographs in the present collection, the orginal collection brought by TB from Tibet in 1937 included a great many other artifacts and images. Perhaps this artifact goes with one of those images.The aura or halo (gyab-yol) is seen in most all Buddhist images and paintings of enlightened deities (i.e., Buddhas and Bodhisattvas). It is an iconographic convention for indicating the sacred power of the deity.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Aura or halo, accession number 9-21999, described as This is the aura or halo (gyab-yol) for a bronze deity image. It does not appear to fit any of the images in the present collection. As is known from documentation and photographs in the present collection, the orginal collection brought by TB from Tibet in 1937 included a great many other artifacts and images. Perhaps this artifact goes with one of those images.The aura or halo (gyab-yol) is seen in most all Buddhist images and paintings of enlightened deities (i.e., Buddhas and Bodhisattvas). It is an iconographic convention for indicating the sacred power of the deity.

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