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Object Number 35-10-60/16290.1.45
Display Title Drum, bell, dorjee [dorje], and horn snuff box
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "35-10 / Gansu / Tibet [crossed out] / Gift of Harrison Forman / The Explorers Club / New York City / A hand-drum (left), bell and dorjee (symbol of / thunderbolt) and snuff horn (right)."
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1934
Artist Mr. Harrison Forman
Culture
  • Chinese
  • Tibetan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Gansu
Asia / Tibet
Dimensions Overall: 9.525 × 13.97 cm (3 3/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mr. Harrison Forman

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Horn snuff box
35-10-60/16290.1.44 Horn snuff box
Tibet
Gansu
Sorceror taking snuff
35-10-60/16290.1.60 Sorceror taking snuff
Tibet
Gansu
Bon priest / sorceror
35-10-60/16290.1.61 Bon priest / sorceror
Tibet
Gansu
Man in front of Mani Drums
35-10-60/16290.1.19 Man in front of Mani Drums
Tibet
Mani Drums
35-10-60/16290.1.18 Mani Drums
Tibet
Yak
35-10-60/16290.1.52 Yak
Tibet
Gansu
Yak
35-10-60/16290.1.54 Yak
Tibet
Gansu
Two young boys carrying wooden buckets, one with a carrying pole
35-10-60/16290.1.47 Two young boys carrying wooden buckets, one with a carrying pole
Gansu
Tibet
Man standing in monastery marketplace
35-10-60/16290.1.46 Man standing in monastery marketplace
Gansu
Tibet
Yak butter lamp
35-10-60/16290.1.57 Yak butter lamp
Gansu
Tibet
Yak butter in a sheep stomach
35-10-60/16290.1.56 Yak butter in a sheep stomach
Gansu
Tibet
Silver teapot
35-10-60/16290.1.59 Silver teapot
Gansu
Tibet