Figurine

Museum number:
9-8159
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3692 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2403
Description:
Figurine; seated Buddha, abhaya mudra, holding red painted jewel (?), red urna on forehead, height 11.7 cm. Buddhist deity for veneration. Materials: gray, heavy pitted stone, crudely carved, red paint on object and urna.
Donor:
Albert M. Bender
Collection place:
China
Materials:
Paint (coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 11.7 centimeters
Loans:
S1972-1973 #91: Southeast Asian Studies Department (UC Berkeley) (May 1, 1973–May 2, 1973)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 9-8159, described as Figurine; seated Buddha, abhaya mudra, holding red painted jewel (?), red urna on forehead, height 11.7 cm. Buddhist deity for veneration. Materials: gray, heavy pitted stone, crudely carved, red paint on object and urna.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figurine, accession number 9-8159, described as Figurine; seated Buddha, abhaya mudra, holding red painted jewel (?), red urna on forehead, height 11.7 cm. Buddhist deity for veneration. Materials: gray, heavy pitted stone, crudely carved, red paint on object and urna.

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