Knob for thangka
- Museum number:
- 9-21991
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090021991
- Alternate number:
- BY.T-146 and T-146 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.4737
- Description:
- Knob, copper, used at the end of the wooden rod at the bottom of a Thanka. (Tibetan painted scroll).
- 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:
- Copper (metal)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
- Production date:
- 19th-20th century
- Accession date:
- March 12, 2004
- Context of use:
- This knob may be from, or intended for use with, a thangka in the Bernard/Murray collection that currently lacks a knob.
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Images:
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