banner, prayer; green cotton cloth with blockprint of prayer in black ink; cotton cloth; shows horse that carries luck and jewels; used for worship anytime by men and women; placed anywhere the wind blows - rooftops, mountains, temples, etcetera - in order to carry the prayer by wind. This item is associated with others in series 9-10935-39 - all flown together
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Tibet
Collection date:
October 1969
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Banners
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1973-1974 #60: Southeast Asian Studies Department (UC Berkeley) (March 1, 1974–March 5, 1974)