Votive Tablet

89-13-61

From: Thailand

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 89-13-61
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Thai
Provenience Thailand
Section Asian
Materials Clay
Description

Wheel of the law amulet. Dark red-brown flat clay tablet in bell shape. Back and sides are flat. The front has a raised ledge extending forward about 0.5 cm and 3 cm across representing palm leaf manuscript. The rest of the front side is impressed with an abstract pattern. Contemporary.

Height 7 cm
Width 6 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Estate of Elizabeth Lyons, Keeper of the Asian Collections, University Museum, 1989

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