921942, BY.T-117a-e, and T-117a-e (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4737
Description:
Offering bowl, usually found in set sof seven or eight.
Donor:
Estate of G. Eleanore Murray, Estate of Theos C. Bernard, and Theos C. Bernard
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
Accession date:
March 12, 2004
Context of use:
Offering bowls are used for making daily offerings to the images of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha on a Buddhist altar. Normally seven bowls are offered on an altar. They are typically filled with water, but the water symbolizes the seven offerings: water for drinking, water for washing, anointments, flowers, incense, lamps, and food.See also 9-21799-9-21850, 9-21851- 9-21853, 9-21936a-f, 9-21937a-f.