Offering bowl

Museum number:
9-21853
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Alternate number:
BY.T-17 and T-17 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4737
Description:
Offering bowl, probably from a set of seven.
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:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Production date:
20th century
Accession date:
March 12, 2004
Context of use:
Offering bowls are used for making daily offerings to the images of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha on a Buddhist altar. Normally seven bowls are offered on an altar. They are typically filled with water, but the water symbolizes the seven offerings: water for drinking, water for washing, anointments, flowers, incense, lamps, and foodSee also: 9-21799-9-21850 and 9-21936a-f.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Offering bowl, accession number 9-21853, described as Offering bowl, probably from a set of seven.

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