Knobs for thangka
- Museum number:
- BY.T-130g-l
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21by@2et0130g@2dl
- Alternate number:
- T-130g-l (original number)
- Description:
- These are three pairs of silver coated bronze knobs for the ends of the wooden rod at the bottom of a thangka (Tibetan painted scroll). These particular knobs may be from, or intended for, the thangkas in this collection that currently lack knobs.
- Collection place:
- Tibet
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Tibet
- Collector:
- Theos C. Bernard
- Materials:
- Bronze (metal) and Silver (metal)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Production date:
- 19th-20th century
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)