Altar w/ buddha

Museum number:
9-5682
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Portable shrine with standing wooden Buddha; carved and painted; plain black lacquer with brass fastenings outside
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1909
Materials:
Brass (alloy) and Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Altars (religious fixtures) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1964-1965 #97: First Savings and Loan Association (May 20, 1965–June 7, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Altar w/ buddha, accession number 9-5682, described as Portable shrine with standing wooden Buddha; carved and painted; plain black lacquer with brass fastenings outsideHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Altar w/ buddha, accession number 9-5682, described as Portable shrine with standing wooden Buddha; carved and painted; plain black lacquer with brass fastenings outside
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Altar w/ buddha, accession number 9-5682, described as Portable shrine with standing wooden Buddha; carved and painted; plain black lacquer with brass fastenings outside

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