Offering bowl

Description

Bowl of tinned copper, shaped to resemble the upper section of a human skull, with separate cover and stand, used for making offerings to Buddhist deities: India, Ladakh, Hemis Monastery, Tibetan, 19th century AD

Museum reference

A.1907.401

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Offering bowl

Production information

Hemis Monastery, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, South Asia

Date

19th century

Style / Culture

Tibetan

Materials

Tinned copper

Physical description

Tinned copper

Associations

Le Mesurier Collection

Exhibitions

• Living Lands (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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