print; amulet

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Object Type: print; amulet
Museum number: 2004,0403,0.1
Description: Woodblock print on hand produced paper made from the Daphne bush using black ink (lamp soot mixed with water). Circular amuletic design made up of a continuous circular sequence of mantras written in Tibetan script.
Producer name: Print made by: Pasang Tsering
Production date: 2004
Production place: Printed in: Sarong Gompa
Materials: paper
Technique: printed; woodblock
Dimensions: Height: 53 centimetres; Width: 32 centimetres
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Curator's comments: This type of block print is fixed to doorways or lintels to protect access.
Bibliographic references: Skorupski 1983 / Tibetan Amulets (comparanda); Douglas 1978 / Tibetan Tantric Charms and Amulets (comparanda)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Good
Subjects: mantra
Associated places: Associated with: Tibet (style of)
Acquisition name: Donated by: T Richard Blurton
Acquisition date: 2004
Acquisition notes: Donation made at the Gompa in exchange for the prints. Sarong Gompa is the seat of the Sarong Rimpoches, a line of re-incarnating lamas. They belong to the Gelugpa order but, unusually marry.
Department: Asia
Registration number: 2004,0403,0.1
Conservation: Treatment: 21 Feb 2006

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