Portable shrine

Museum number:
9-7797
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2384
Description:
portable shrine (cover missing); black lacquered wood shell, with red and green designs. Inside, scene of man with jar from which snake emerges. Child watches.
Donor:
Estate of Geraldine C. and Kernan Robson
Collection place:
Japan
Collector:
Geraldine C. Robson
Collection date:
before 1940
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Portable
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 6.3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Portable shrine, accession number 9-7797, described as portable shrine (cover missing); black lacquered wood shell, with red and green designs. Inside, scene of man with jar from which snake emerges. Child watches.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Portable shrine, accession number 9-7797, described as portable shrine (cover missing); black lacquered wood shell, with red and green designs. Inside, scene of man with jar from which snake emerges. Child watches.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Portable shrine, accession number 9-7797, described as portable shrine (cover missing); black lacquered wood shell, with red and green designs. Inside, scene of man with jar from which snake emerges. Child watches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Portable shrine, accession number 9-7797, described as portable shrine (cover missing); black lacquered wood shell, with red and green designs. Inside, scene of man with jar from which snake emerges. Child watches.

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