Tsamba Box
51-4-76E
From: Tibet
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 51-4-76E |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tibetan |
| Provenience | Tibet |
| Date Made | 15th Century - 1935 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood | Copper | Varnish |
| Iconography | Flowers |
| Description | Lid for one of a nested set of Tsamba boxes. For holding barley flour(Tsamba), salt and condiments. Wood with floral patterns in black on lustrous copper varnish. Small lid which fits into the mouth of 51-4-76 C. Rounded top with a knob now missing. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951 |
| Other Number | 104 - Other Number |
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