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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Pointer for reading Buddhist sutras
Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Pointer for reading Buddhist sutras

Date19th century
Maker Thai
Maker Siam
Object number56.80
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions1 3/16 x 5/16 in. (3.02 x 0.8 cm) L.: 9 in.
MediumIvory and pigment
Sutra cover for a palm leaf manuscript
Sutra cover for a palm leaf manuscript
Thai
ca. 1850
Object number: 59.16
Hanuman figures
Hanuman figures
Thai
ca. 1850
Object number: 59.17
Open work carved cylinder; figures and birds
Open work carved cylinder; figures and birds
Thai
ca. 1850
Object number: 59.18
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Partial votive structure with the Buddhist Cosmos
Indian
ca. second half of the 9th century
Object number: 48.166
Carved Ivory (Netsuke), Fox disguised as a Buddhist nun.
Carved Ivory (Netsuke), Fox disguised as a Buddhist nun.
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 98.47.69
Krishna as the flute-playing cowherd (Venugopala)
Krishna as the flute-playing cowherd (Venugopala)
Indian
ca. 1700 - 1900
Object number: 68.91
Image Not Available for Round carved box
Round carved box
ca. 18th century
Object number: 48.87
Casket, carved
Casket, carved
Indian
early 17th century
Object number: 58.26
Plaque: Figure, flower medallions
Plaque: Figure, flower medallions
Indian
16th century
Object number: 58.50
Image Not Available for Tobacco pipe case
Tobacco pipe case
Japanese
Object number: 38.43
Photo: Scott Leen
A Bodhisattva
Nepalese
13th-14th century
Object number: 52.101
Image Not Available for Man Carrying Basket
Man Carrying Basket
Japanese
early 20th century
Object number: 49.223