Metal shrine with contents

Made:
1801-1900 in Tibet
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Metal shrine with contents, showing Buddha, Tibetan
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Metal shrine with contents, showing Buddha, Tibetan
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Metal shrine with contents, showing Buddha, Tibetan
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Metal shrine with contents, showing Buddha, Tibetan
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Metal shrine with contents, showing Buddha, Tibetan, 19th century

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A639057
Materials:
metal
Measurements:
overall: 89 mm x 90 mm x 37 mm, .171 kg
type:
shrine

Parts

Typewritten paper with contents of shrine

Typewritten paper with contents of shrine

Typwritten paper, describing contents of shrine

Measurements:
overall: 99 mm x 68 mm
Object Number:
A639057 Pt1
type:
list - document genres
Plaque of Buddha in attitude of renunciation

Plaque of Buddha in attitude of renunciation

Small clay plaque showing Buddha in attitude of renunciations, Tibetan, 1801-1900

Measurements:
overall: 21 mm x 15 mm x 5 mm,
Materials:
complete and pottery
Object Number:
A639057 Pt2
type:
plaque
Folded paper

Folded paper

Folded paper

Object Number:
A639057 Pt3
type:
document
Folded paper with writing

Folded paper with writing

Folded paper with writing in panel of series of panelled lines

Object Number:
A639057 Pt4
type:
document
Earth wrapped in soft paper

Earth wrapped in soft paper

Earth wrapped in soft paper

Object Number:
A639057 Pt5
type:
soil
Powder wrapped in soft paper

Powder wrapped in soft paper

Powder wrapped in soft paper

Object Number:
A639057 Pt6
type:
powder
Seeds wrapped in soft paper

Seeds wrapped in soft paper

Seeds wrapped in soft paper

Object Number:
A639057 Pt7
type:
seed
Plaque depicting Bodhisattvas

Plaque depicting Bodhisattvas

Rectangular clay plaque, depicting Bodhisattvas, Tibetan, 1801-1900

Measurements:
overall: 8 mm x 47 mm x 40 mm,
Materials:
pottery and complete
Object Number:
A639057 Pt8
type:
plaque
Charm from Bodhi tree

Charm from Bodhi tree

Rectangular charm made of wood of the bodhi tree, Tibetan, 1801-1900

Materials:
bodh and complete
Object Number:
A639057 Pt9
type:
charm
Dried blood wrapped in soft paper

Dried blood wrapped in soft paper

Small amount of dried blood(?) wrapped in soft paper

Object Number:
A639057 Pt10
type:
blood - animal material
Leaves from bodhi tree

Leaves from bodhi tree

3 leaves from the bodhi tree

Object Number:
A639057 Pt11
type:
leaf - plant material
Shrine of Buddha minus contents

Shrine of Buddha minus contents

Metal shrine minus contents, showing Buddha, Tibetan, 1801-1900

Measurements:
overall: 91 mm x 90 mm x 33 mm,
Materials:
metal and complete
Object Number:
A639057 Pt12
type:
shrine