Thanka (Mandala)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Sep 1988
label: Collection Date
content: Not Given
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Lain Bangdel
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Lain Bangdel
notes: label: Notes
content: Made of cloth painted with mineral and vegetable dyes, mounted on silk brocade, covered with silk veil, and hung on wooden stick. Illustrated with a magic circle (mandala): a circle within a square and circle, representing cosmic relations. Design is drawn on the cloth under the guidance of a lama artist. Object hung in temples and before family altars. Also used by lamas in religious processions and to illustrate sermons. Made for use.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nepal, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Nepalese (Nepali)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 364314
label: USNM Number
content: E424026-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Painting
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 123 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 80 cm