Tibetan Shaman's Costume

Made:
before 1986 in Tibet
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Horn for medicines
Science Museum Group Collection
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Coat from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Coat from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Coat from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Coat from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Coat from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Coat from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Coat from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Coat from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Coat from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Coat from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Tibetan Shaman's costume, consisting of coat, hat, scarf, belt, parchment crown, hand bell, ceremonial thunderbolt, rhino horn container, thigh bone trumpet, two bone necklaces, two seed and nut necklaces, two bell necklaces, collected in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 1986

Part of a Tibetan shaman’s costume, including hat, bone necklace, medicine horn and handbell, which were collected in Bhaktapur, Nepal, in 1986. Tibetan medicine is over two thousand years old and coexists in Nepal with other medical traditions such as biomedicine and Sherpa medical practices.

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Object Number:
1987-716
type:
shaman's costume
credit:
Purchased from the Gordon Reece Gallery

Parts

Bell necklace from Tibetan Shaman's costume

Bell necklace from Tibetan Shaman's costume

Bell necklace, from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 1986

Measurements:
overall: .689 kg
Object Number:
1987-716 Pt1
type:
necklace
Horn for medicines from a Tibetan medicine man’s costume

Horn for medicines from a Tibetan medicine man’s costume

Rhino horn for medicines, from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 1986

Materials:
horn
Object Number:
1987-716 Pt2
type:
horn
Bone necklace from a Tibetan medicine man’s costume

Bone necklace from a Tibetan medicine man’s costume

Bone necklace, from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 1986

Materials:
bone and leather
Object Number:
1987-716 Pt3
type:
human remains and necklace
Fur-lined hat from a Tibetan medicine man's costume

Fur-lined hat from a Tibetan medicine man's costume

Fur-lined hat, from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 1986

Measurements:
overall: 270 mm x 240 mm x 220 mm, .205 kg
Object Number:
1987-716 Pt4
type:
hat
Metal bell

Metal bell

Metal bell, from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 1986

Measurements:
overall: 170 mm 95 mm, .464 kg
Object Number:
1987-716 Pt5
type:
bell
Coat from a Tibetan shaman’s costume

Coat from a Tibetan shaman’s costume

Coat from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 1986

Measurements:
overall: 1650 mm x 980 mm
Materials:
textile
Object Number:
1987-716 Pt6
type:
coat
Part of a Tibetan shaman’s costume

Part of a Tibetan shaman’s costume

Scarf from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 1986

Measurements:
overall: 44 mm x 1180 mm .035 kg
Object Number:
1987-716 Pt7
type:
scarf - costume accessory
Part of a Tibetan shaman’s costume

Part of a Tibetan shaman’s costume

Belt from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 1986

Measurements:
overall: 144 mm x 3020 mm .48 kg
Object Number:
1987-716 Pt8
type:
cloth
Part of a Tibetan shaman’s costume

Part of a Tibetan shaman’s costume

Parchment crown from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 1986

Measurements:
overall: 70 mm .032 kg
Object Number:
1987-716 Pt9
type:
crown - headdress
Ceremonial thunderbolt from Tibetan Shaman's costume

Ceremonial thunderbolt from Tibetan Shaman's costume

Ceremonial thunderbolt from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 1986

Measurements:
overall: 120 mm x 32 mm x 32 mm, .141 kg
Object Number:
1987-716 Pt10
type:
component - object and medicine man costume
Thigh bone trumpet from Tibetan Shaman's costume

Thigh bone trumpet from Tibetan Shaman's costume

Thigh bone trumpet from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 1986

Materials:
bone
Object Number:
1987-716 Pt11
type:
human remains and trumpet - natural
Necklace from Tibetan Shaman's costume

Necklace from Tibetan Shaman's costume

Bone necklace from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 1986

Measurements:
overall: .03 kg
Object Number:
1987-716 Pt12
type:
necklace
Part of a Tibetan shaman’s costume

Part of a Tibetan shaman’s costume

one (of two) seed and nut necklace from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 1986

Measurements:
overall: .175 kg
Object Number:
1987-716 Pt13
type:
necklace
Part of a Tibetan shaman’s costume

Part of a Tibetan shaman’s costume

one (of two) seed and nut necklace from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 1986

Measurements:
overall: .127 kg
Object Number:
1987-716 Pt14
type:
necklace
Part of a Tibetan shaman’s costume

Part of a Tibetan shaman’s costume

one (of two) bell necklace from Tibetan Shaman's costume, collected in Bhaktapur, Nepal, 1986

Measurements:
overall: .947 kg
Object Number:
1987-716 Pt15
type:
necklace