Pictorial "zanpar" · Tibet · ID: 3033543
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Size
L: 23 cm, H: 9 cm
L: 9.1 inch, H: 3.5 inch
Description
flat wooden plank, brown patina, featuring 18 pictorial glyphs of anthropho-zoomorphic beings, deamons and human figures (Europeans), slightly dam., on base;
“tsampa” (barley meal and yak butter dough) was pressed into the appropriate images to produce ritual sacrificial offerings for good fortune and protection from malevolent spirits that often create disorder (according to R. Brundage, “artyeti”).