BY.T-125 (previous number) and T-125 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4737
Object count:
1
Description:
Standard monk's bowl, as would be kept in the folds of a monk's robe and taken out at tea time. It is made of the root of a tree. It was turned on a lathe. Similar item: T-118
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:
Wood (plant material)
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:
19th-20th century
Accession date:
March 12, 2004
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 13.97 centimeters and height 5.715 centimeters