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29-96-815B

From: Tibet

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 29-96-815B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tibetan | Buddhist
Provenience Tibet
Section Asian
Materials Paper
Inscription Language Tibetan Language
Description

Print image is in the form of a spearhead, or phurpa, outline, with the interior filled with calligraphy (probably a Buddhist prayer). Original documentation says this is a prayer or charm to protect the holder from the accidental loss of his horses.

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 155 - Sommerville Number

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