Portable shrine

Museum number:
9-8175
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3273 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2403
Description:
Reliquary with roof (finial missing) on rectangular lotus pedestal and carved base; glass compartment containing one shelf, one glass bead in lower section; gilded wood; height 16.5 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 9-8175, described as Reliquary with roof (finial missing) on rectangular lotus pedestal and carved base; glass compartment containing one shelf, one glass bead in lower section; gilded wood; height 16.5 cm. Container for relics.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Portable shrine, accession number 9-8175, described as Reliquary with roof (finial missing) on rectangular lotus pedestal and carved base; glass compartment containing one shelf, one glass bead in lower section; gilded wood; height 16.5 cm. Container for relics.

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