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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Tibetan
Title:Buddhist votive seal with impressions of 11 stupas and inscriptions
Type:Sculpture; Ceremonial
Materials:Terracotta
Place Made:Asia; Tibet
Measurements:Overall: 2 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in x 11/16 in; 6.4 cm x 5.7 cm x 1.7 cm
Narrative Inscription:  INSCRIPTION: recto (impressed): [ill.].
Accession Number:  MH 1903.3.J.C
Credit Line:Gift of Marcus Carleton, in memory of his mother, Celestia Carleton (Class of 1854)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Description:
A thin piece of terracotta votive seal with impressions of 11 stylized stupas (some are simply triangles with horizontal scratches indicating the layers) and a few lines of unidentified inscriptions beneath.

Tags:
religion; Buddhism; missionaries

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