Scepter

Museum number:
9-8186
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3297 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2403
Description:
scepter, brass; crossed 3-pronged flat variety with 2 curved outside darts, 1 dart running through the center end to end; bound lotus petals below prongs; natural name refers to Tibetan name; wielded to dispense evil influnenes and held during the reading of the sutra as a symbol of Dainichi Nyorai.
Donor:
Albert M. Bender
Collection place:
Japan
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Scepters
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 Scepter, accession number 9-8186, described as scepter, brass; crossed 3-pronged flat variety with 2 curved outside darts, 1 dart running through the center end to end; bound lotus petals below prongs; natural name refers to Tibetan name; wielded to dispense evil influnenes and held during the reading of the sutra as a symbol of Dainichi Nyorai.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scepter, accession number 9-8186, described as scepter, brass; crossed 3-pronged flat variety with 2 curved outside darts, 1 dart running through the center end to end; bound lotus petals below prongs; natural name refers to Tibetan name; wielded to dispense evil influnenes and held during the reading of the sutra as a symbol of Dainichi Nyorai.

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