Wood Carving, Votive
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Sep 1902
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Carl C. Hansen
notes: label: Notes
content: Formerly on exhibit in NHB Hall 8, case 20, where identified as "Altar of the 3 Gems." From card: "Consisting of wooden base from which arise 3 carved columns. The side columns have each a panel of ivory carving, representing Buddha. The figure is in ivory carving. Lacquered, gilded and ornanented with shell. The upper part in ivory represents the Buddhas of the present age. The Bhadra-Kalpa of which Gohan Buddha was the fourth, and Maitreya is the last. The figures at each side represent Buddha in his teaching attitude." Illus. in Bulletin 148 USNM, P. 66, p. 2O4 (Casanowicz).Triratna of the three jewels: Buddha, the Law ( Dharma), and the Congregation (Sangha). Wood, red and black lacquered and gilt. Represented by three cones, issuing from a Lotus, in which are set ivory figurines of Buddha."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Lao (Laotian) (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 039920
label: USNM Number
content: E217501-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Altar / Figure