Purba Ritual Stake

Object Details

• Provenance

  To 2018

  Alice S. Kandell, New York, New York [1]

  From 2018

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Alice S. Kandell, New York, New York

  Note:

  [1] See Deed of Gift, copy in object file, Collections Management Office.

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Tibetan Shrine from the Alice S. Kandell Collection (March 13, 2010 to November 27, 2016)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Alice S. Kandell

• Origin

  Tibet

• Credit Line

  The Alice S. Kandell Collection

• Type

  Ceremonial Object

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1800s, 1890s

• Name

  Kandell, Alice S.

• Place

  Tibet

• Topic

  South Asian and Himalayan Art, Art, Tantra, Alice S. Kandell Collection

• Culture

  Buddhists, Himalayan peoples, South Asians

• Object Type

  Ceremonial objects