Portable shrine

Museum number:
9-8173
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Alternate number:
3554 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2403
Description:
Reliquary; lotus bud shape on pedestal with glass enclosed tear-shaped portion of three shelves containing four pebbles; black-lacquered wood; height 9.5 cm. Container for relics.
Donor:
Albert M. Bender
Collection place:
Japan
Materials:
Glass (material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Portable
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)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Portable shrine, accession number 9-8173, described as Reliquary; lotus bud shape on pedestal with glass enclosed tear-shaped portion of three shelves containing four pebbles; black-lacquered wood; height 9.5 cm. Container for relics.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Portable shrine, accession number 9-8173, described as Reliquary; lotus bud shape on pedestal with glass enclosed tear-shaped portion of three shelves containing four pebbles; black-lacquered wood; height 9.5 cm. Container for relics.

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