Amulet

Museum number:
9-21872
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Alternate number:
BY.T-40 (previous number) and T-40 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4737
Description:
Mandala of a specific deity drawn in ink on paper, wrapped in colored thread, and sealed with wax.
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:
Ink and Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Amulets
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Production date:
19th-20th century
Accession date:
March 12, 2004
Context of use:
This would be the mandala of a deity with whom the owner feels a special affinity, or the mandala of a deity associated with a particular function such as healing or protection. A person may go to a Lama and ask for help with a problem or fear. The Lama might then produce an amulet such as this. It would be placed in an amulet box such as 9-21869 or 9-21871 or otherwise carried on the body of the owner.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 1.27 centimeters, length 2.858 centimeters, and width 4.763 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Amulet, accession number 9-21872, described as Mandala of a specific deity drawn in ink on paper, wrapped in colored thread, and sealed with wax.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Amulet, accession number 9-21872, described as Mandala of a specific deity drawn in ink on paper, wrapped in colored thread, and sealed with wax.

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