Medallions

Museum number:
9-21965a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210921965a@2cb
Alternate number:
BY.T-172 and T-172 (original number)
Description:
This is a set of decorative medallions showing an auspicious animal, the snow lion. See also T-171.
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Medallions (medals)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Production date:
20th century
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Medallions, accession number 9-21965a,b, described as This is a set of decorative medallions showing an auspicious animal, the snow lion. See also T-171.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Medallions, accession number 9-21965a,b, described as This is a set of decorative medallions showing an auspicious animal, the snow lion. See also T-171.

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