BY.T-95 (previous number) and T-95 (original number)
Description:
Matched with T-94. This set of copper pots (T-94 & T-95) are ornamented with brass flourishes. This type of a pot could be used for a variety of purposes such as burning powdered incense (charcoal might be burned in the bottom, and powdered incense (zang) sprinkled on top). It might be used for offering comestibles on an altar, or planting flowers. This is not a standard Tibetan design.
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Brass (alloy) and Copper (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pots (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Production date:
19th-20th century
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Comment:
Note: The photographer mistakenly included the broken base of T-99 with pot T-95 in her photograph. See: T-99