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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Benten on a rock by the sea
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Large temple drum with original stand and drumsticks
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Door panel depicting Buddhist apsara playing music
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Altar bell
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Korean ambassadors introduce Buddhism to Japan
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Pair of conch-shell horns (dung-kar)
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
A Buddhist procession of three musicians and one dancer
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Welcoming Descent of the Buddha of Infinite Light and Twenty-Five Bodhisattvas
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Bell
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Benten
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Pair of Small Cymbals with Carrying Case
National Museum of the American Indian
Buddhist Ekoji - Nen Daiko - Japanese Taiko Drumming
Smithsonian Institution
Buddha 2.0: Echoes of the Past
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Pair of telescoping ritual horns (dung-chen)
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Buddhist circlet for the head of a divinity
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Pair of reeds (gya-ling)
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Pair of Large Cymbals with Carrying Case
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Door panel depicting Buddhist apsara playing a zither
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Altar bell with carved wooden handle
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Door panel depicting Buddhist apsara playing a flute
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Altar bell
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Door panel depicting Buddhist apsara playing the biwa (lute)
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Thighbone trumpet, from an assembled set of items used in Severance (Chöd) Practice
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
FandangObon at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Benten (
Sarasvati
) seated on a rock
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