Tibetan Thanka
date: label: Accession Date
content: 13 Nov 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1946
name: label: Collector
content: Harry Abrahamson
label: Donor Name
content: Harry Abrahamson
notes: label: Notes
content: Religious Buddhist painting. A thin sheet of silk acts as a protective layer over the painting, or it can be folded over to reveal the painting. Painting features an enthroned lama, surrounded by various deities and monks (see appraisal by Kitty Higgins in the accession file for a detailed description of each figure). Mounted on blue patterned silk. The backing is cotton-- part solid red, and part red and with ikat (warp resist-dyed) patterning. Back also has a white cotton panel with text in Tibetan. Wooden rods with metal tips are sewn to top and bottom, and the thanka is stored rolled onto these rods. Excellent condition. Donor says that the dealer claimed the thanka was about 100 years old in 1946, but appraiser Kitty Higgins guessed it to be from the late 18th or early 19th century (see accession file).
label: Notes
content: This object is stored rolled.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Tibet, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tibetan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 378678
label: USNM Number
content: E431424-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 168 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 91 cm