Buddhist deities (pair of manuscript covers)

Object Details

• Provenance

  From 1966 to 1991

  Mr. H. Robert and Mrs. Mary Shepherd Slusser (1918-2017), Washington, DC, purchased in Kathmandu, Nepal. [1]

  From 1991

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Mr. H. Robert and Mrs. Mary Shepherd Slusser, Washington, DC [2]

  Notes:

  [1] In December 1966, Mr. and Mrs. Slusser purchased the object in Kathmandu, Nepal. See memoranda dated April 22, 1991 from Mary Slusser, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1. See the Deed of Gift, object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Object of the Bi-Month (April 25, 1991 to March 21, 2007)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dr. Mary Shepherd Slusser (American, 1918-2017)

  H. Robert Slusser

• Origin

  Nepal or Tibet

• Credit Line

  Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. Robert Slusser

• Type

  Manuscript

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1700s, 1790s

• Name

  Slusser, H. Robert, Slusser, Mary Shepherd

• Place

  Tibet, Nepal

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art

• Culture

  Buddhists, Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Manuscripts