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Everyday
Traditions
Objects
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Map
China
| India
| Japan
| Korea
| Southeast
Asia | Southwest
Asia | Tibet
& Nepal
Buddhist
Art | Everyday Traditions
| Scholar's
Tradition |
Other Departments
The
Everyday Traditions Gallery includes objects from South and Southeast
Asia used for storytelling, puppet plays, festival processions,
household furnishings, and popular worship, including wooden architectural
elements, metalwork shrines, and bronze oil lamps. These objects
are made by anonymous artists and artisans from both rural villages
and urban centers. A storyteller’s box and a temple hanging
both center on Krishna, one of the forms of the Hindu god Vishnu,
shown in various illustrations depicting episodes from his life,
including his flirtatious encounters with the Gopis (milkmaids).
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