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Object Number 35-10-60/16290.1.66
Display Title Scepter of Living Buddha
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Gansu / Tibet [crossed out] / Gift of Harrison Forman / The Explorers Club / New York City / Living Buddhas will bless / the faithful or objects with / this "Sceptre"(?) Tibetan characters
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1934
Artist Mr. Harrison Forman
Culture
  • Chinese
  • Tibetan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China / Gansu
Asia / Tibet
Dimensions Overall: 13.97 × 10.16 cm (5 1/2 × 4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mr. Harrison Forman

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