Leather reliquary pendant. Techniques: tooled reliquaries, twisted leather cordage. Brown, small blue green leader "beads." 33 in. One cylindrical, one rectangular container.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Katherine Hooker
Collection place:
Asia
Materials:
Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Necklaces
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 3 inches, width 4 inches, and length 36 inches