Offering bowl

Museum number:
9-21904
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Alternate number:
BY.T-86 (previous number) and T-86 (original number)
Description:
Items T-86 and T-87 are a matched set. These are silver offering bowls that are used to offer food or fruit on an altar. They are decorated on three sides with three medallions upon which are offerings to the senses--a mirror symbolizing beautiful images, a piwang (guitar) symbolizing beautiful sounds, and a conch symbolizing delicious comestibles. Similar items: T-65, T-86, T-87, T-99
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
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 5 titled Offering bowl, accession number 9-21904, described as Items T-86 and T-87 are a matched set. These are silver offering bowls that are used to offer food or fruit on an altar. They are decorated on three sides with three medallions upon which are offerings to the senses--a mirror symbolizing beautiful images, a piwang (guitar) symbolizing beautiful sounds, and a conch symbolizing delicious comestibles. Similar items: T-65, T-86, T-87, T-99Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Offering bowl, accession number 9-21904, described as Items T-86 and T-87 are a matched set. These are silver offering bowls that are used to offer food or fruit on an altar. They are decorated on three sides with three medallions upon which are offerings to the senses--a mirror symbolizing beautiful images, a piwang (guitar) symbolizing beautiful sounds, and a conch symbolizing delicious comestibles. Similar items: T-65, T-86, T-87, T-99Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Offering bowl, accession number 9-21904, described as Items T-86 and T-87 are a matched set. These are silver offering bowls that are used to offer food or fruit on an altar. They are decorated on three sides with three medallions upon which are offerings to the senses--a mirror symbolizing beautiful images, a piwang (guitar) symbolizing beautiful sounds, and a conch symbolizing delicious comestibles. Similar items: T-65, T-86, T-87, T-99Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Offering bowl, accession number 9-21904, described as Items T-86 and T-87 are a matched set. These are silver offering bowls that are used to offer food or fruit on an altar. They are decorated on three sides with three medallions upon which are offerings to the senses--a mirror symbolizing beautiful images, a piwang (guitar) symbolizing beautiful sounds, and a conch symbolizing delicious comestibles. Similar items: T-65, T-86, T-87, T-99Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Offering bowl, accession number 9-21904, described as Items T-86 and T-87 are a matched set. These are silver offering bowls that are used to offer food or fruit on an altar. They are decorated on three sides with three medallions upon which are offerings to the senses--a mirror symbolizing beautiful images, a piwang (guitar) symbolizing beautiful sounds, and a conch symbolizing delicious comestibles. Similar items: T-65, T-86, T-87, T-99

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