Figure of Buddha

Unknown Myanmarian, Myanmarian

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collected about 1851-1902

Marble

Overall: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Porter and Charles Tremain

13.85.1208

Geography

Place Made: Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia

Period

19th century

Object Name

Ceremonial Artifact

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Course History

ASCL 51.06/REL 41.07, Buddhism Sex, Gender in South East Asia, Sara Swenson, Spring 2022

HIST 96.01, Colonialism and Culture in Asia and Africa, Douglas Haynes, Spring 2022

REL 43.01, Buddhism in America, Reiko Ohnuma, Spring 2022

Provenance

Collected by the Missionary Marilla Baker Ingalls (1828-1902) in Burma between 1851-1902; to Porter (1845-1907) and Charles (1843-1922) Tremain, Fayetteville, New York, probably in 1902; given to present collection, after 1904; catalogued, 1913.

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