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Source Description
Donations to temples are believed to confer merit not only on the donor but also on all living beings. For this reason, altars are filled with gifts, such as food, flowers, and incense, that have been donated by devotees. Beautifully crafted vessels like this one, with its image of a semi-divine bird known as a "hamsa," were given to hold these items.
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Document identity
localId
14650
label
Bird Offering Container
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
7
Source metadata
id
14650
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Bird Offering Container
description
Donations to temples are believed to confer merit not only on the donor but also on all living beings. For this reason, altars are filled with gifts, such as food, flowers, and incense, that have been donated by devotees. Beautifully crafted vessels like this one, with its image of a semi-divine bird known as a "hamsa," were given to hold these items.
provenance
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Southeast Asian Art Collection; given to Walters Art Museum, 2002.
date
19th-20th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
containers
imageCount
7
pageCount
7
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
49.5
height
20.5
depth
20.7
dimensionsRaw
Overall H: 19 1/2 × W: 8 1/16 × D: 8 1/8 in. (49.5 × 20.5 × 20.7 cm); Base H: 2 15/16 × 6 in. (7.5 × 15.3 cm); Lid H: 115/8 × 8 1/16 × 8 1/8 in. (29.5 × 20.5 × 20.7 cm); Bottom of Bird H: 2 1/8 × 2 7/8 × 4 3/4 in. (5.4 × 7.3 × 12.1 cm).
Source extras
cul
Burmese
med
wood, metal, gilding, glass inlay, lacquer, and leather
creator_ids
16194
collection_ids
SEA
exhibition_ids
none
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