Ga’u (portable altar or amulet box), tsa tsa (votive offering with sacred image) featuring Avolokiteshevara, wood block printed prayer flags, and carrying case

From the press release:
Sacred Realm: Blessings and Good Fortune across Asia

Museum of International Folk Art

Ga’u (portable altar or amulet box), tsa tsa (votive offering with sacred image) featuring Avolokiteshevara, wood block printed prayer flags, and carrying case

Late 19th century

Tibet

Metal, glass, wool, fabric and ink, clay,

Gift of Jacqueline Orsini Dunnington, Museum of International Folk Art (A.2003.23.1v)

Usage: Gift of Jacqueline Orsini Dunnington, Museum of International Folk Art

Credit: Photo Kitty Leaken


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