Painting (Thang-Ka); watercolor on silk; primarily green and orange; Central figure Buddha with followers of Serpent God (Nanda) presenting gifts and Garudas paying homage; Sariputra and Maudgalyayana in upper corners; guardians of the Four Cardinal Points in lower left corner; text along bottom; Thang-Ka: a painting of divinities. Used to illustrate sermons. Hung in temples and homes.
Donor:
Doe Library (UC Berkeley) and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Tibet
Culture or time period:
Tibetan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Watercolors (paintings)
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)
Loans:
S1972-1973 #91: Southeast Asian Studies Department (UC Berkeley) (May 1, 1973–May 2, 1973)