BY.T-32 (previous number) and T-32 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4737
Description:
Lacquered wood bowl (a) with lid (b), painted red with dragon, cloud and other designs in gold. This bowl and its cover were carved on a wood lathe using a soft wood.
Donor:
Estate of G. Eleanore Murray, Estate of Theos C. Bernard, and Theos C. Bernard
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels), Carvings (visual works), and Dragons
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
19th-20th century
Accession date:
March 12, 2004
Context of use:
Used as a food container, typically for tsampa (roasted barley that has been ground into fine powder).
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 15.24 centimeters, width 20.32 centimeters, and height 20.32 centimeters