Bowl
Altar Bowl
Altar Lamp
32-47-34
From: Tibet
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 32-47-34 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tibetan | Buddhist |
| Provenience | Tibet |
| Date Made | 18th Century - 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Teak | Bone | Silver |
| Description | Shallow bowl with outturned rim set on disc base. Teak lined in silver, graduating in size. Used in Buddhist altars to hold 'butter' (Ghee) with a wick inserted and lit to function as a lamp. |
| Credit Line | Academy of Natural Science / University Museum Expedition to Southwest China and Tibet; Gordon T. Bowles, 1932 |
| Other Number | 6 - Other Number |
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