Book (Thayasaphu)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Dec 1991
label: Collection Date
content: 1958
name: label: Collector
content: Stewart Edwards
label: Donor Name
content: Stewart Edwards
notes: label: Notes
content: ACCORDIAN BOOK CONTAINING 57 PICTURES OF TANTRIC BUDDHIST DIETIES, HAND PAINTED IN RED, BLUE, GREEN, YELLOW, PINK, WHITE, PURPLE, AND BLACK PIGMENTS. ACCORDING TO AN APPRAISAL OF SEPT. 24, 1991, BY KITTY HIGGINS, FAR EASTERN ART, INC., TROCADERO, WASHINGTON, D.C., THE BOOK DATES TO ABOUT THE 16TH CENTURY AND THE PAINTINGS "INCLUDE BOTH RITUAL DIAGRAMS (SUCH AS MANDALAS AND YANTRAS) AND A NARRATIVE STORY DEPICTING SCENES FROM THE RAMAYANA." (SEE ACCESSION FILE).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nepal, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 390880
label: USNM Number
content: E425725-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Book
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 18.6 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 14.5 cm