Phurpa

Native Name:

Phurpa

Object Number:

A1152

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Tibetan
Tibetan Buddhist

Provenience:

Tibet

Date Made:

18th century - 19th century

Early Date:

1700

Late Date:

1899

Section:

Asian

Materials:

Iron

Iconography:

Vajra

Description:

Iron Phurpa, magic dagger. Vajra handle. Tall. "The Devil Killing Dagger"

Exhibition of the Art of the Far East ( Dec 1914)

[Article] Scott, Alexander. 1914. "The Alexander Scott Collection". The Museum Journal. 5 (2): 55-114. : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 108

[Catalogue, Exhibition] University of Pennsylvania. 1914. Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Art of the Far East. : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 32 No. 16