Small wooden red and gilt figure of Kwan-Yin, Chinese goddess of mercy. A Chinese addition to the Buddhist religion
Donor:
J. D. Bush and University Appropriation
Collection place:
China
Collection date:
February 1913
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Figurines
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1913
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1955-1956 #4: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (September 16, 1955–July 26, 1957)