Portable Shrine

CultureTibetan

MediumCloth, pigment, and metal

DimensionsOverall (box): 7 × 5 3/8 × 2 1/2 inches (17.78 × 13.65 × 6.35 cm)
Overall (with strap): 22 3/4 × 6 1/2 × 2 1/2 inches (57.79 × 16.51 × 6.35 cm)

Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025

Object number2025.56.130

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Terms

Tibetan

DescriptionA cloth carrying case containing a metal box, possibly a portable shrine. The top of the metal piece is decorated in various Buddhist symbols and motifs with a window in the center. Inside the framing window, a painting of a deity is depicted.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Mirror Effect: Reflections upon our Realities. The Ralph T. Coe Foundation for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM, May-July, 2017.

Provenance

Collected by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), Tibet, 2006-2010;

His bequest to the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 2010-2025;

The Coe Center's gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025.

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