Votive Tablet

National Museum of Natural History

Object Details

Donor Name
Kwansei Gaknin
From card: "Wood painted, representing a mother praying. Polychrome pigments on wood used as votive paintings to express the offerer's aspirations and wishes. They are hung up on wall of temple or shrine. Ref.: Ema, by Iwai Hiromi. Tokyo: Hosei Daigaku shuppankyoku, 1984 [first published, 1974]. See accession file for collector's original list with explanatory notes. (P. Taylor -1990)".
Record Last Modified
30 Jul 2020
Specimen Count
1
Culture
Japanese
Accession Date
25 Apr 1894
Accession Number
028096
USNM Number
E154840-0
Object Type
Tablet
Place
Japan, Asia
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NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Topic
Ethnology
Record ID
nmnhanthropology_8344166
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/393c3c2b3-9d37-417a-a2c3-449b8f677625
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