Statuette
Object Number:
A1438A
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Tibetan
Tibetan Buddhist
Provenience:
Tibet
Section:
Asian
Materials:
Gilt
Iconography:
dogar
Sitatapatra
Description:
Statuette of the goddess Dogar (Sitatapatra). Gold plated shrine image with a thousand arms and a thousand feet; third eye; a thousand heads. Strides on dozens of cattle, horses, their riders, etc. Carved axis column with top in form of stupa and base the four quarters of the universe found in inside and numbered A1438B. Also inside was prayer rolled up and wrapped in yellow silk, A1438C.
Credit Line:
Purchased from George Lagai, Kny-Sheerer & Company
Other Number:
| GETZ 141 | - | Other Number |
| #6 | - | Other Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Southeast Asian Gallery ( Sep 1992 - Jul 1997)
Bibliography:
[Book] Horne, Lee C. 1985. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 57, Fig. 6
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