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Object Number 37-131-60/2973
Display Title Copper shallow dish - character in center
Descriptions
Object Description Shallow, copper offering plate with the mystic charm syllable HRI cut out of silver and soldered in center. Used for sacred cake, or a grain offering.: Copper shallow dish - character in center
Inventory Description Dish, shallow, flat base, flared base, raised inscription in center
Classification
  • Dish
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tibetan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Tibet
Additional Geographic Terms Chamdo; Tibet, eastern border of; Szechuan Province, adjoining
Materials Copper
Dimensions Overall: 2.5 x 13.2 x 12.9 cm (1 x 5 3/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-131-60/2973

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