Base for deity image

Museum number:
9-22355
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
BY.T-233 and T-233 (original number)
Description:
Bottom for a bronze deity image. It is damaged and was probably discarded as it could no longer seal the consecration materials into the image.
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 titled Base for deity image, accession number 9-22355, described as Bottom for a bronze deity image. It is damaged and was probably discarded as it could no longer seal the consecration materials into the image.

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