Wood pedestal, missing its base, in a hexagonal shape with openwork panels, gilded, with orange, green and gold silk covering the top. For the associated parts see shrine cabinet [1996.17.305 .1], shrine lid [1996.17.305 .2]; shrine stand and drawers [1996.17.305 .3 -.6] and other shrine contents [1996.17.305 .8 - .13 & .15

Collection type: Object
Description: Wood pedestal, missing its base, in a hexagonal shape with openwork panels, gilded, with orange, green and gold silk covering the top. For the associated parts see shrine cabinet [1996.17.305 .1], shrine lid [1996.17.305 .2]; shrine stand and drawers [1996.17.305 .3 -.6] and other shrine contents [1996.17.305 .8 - .13 & .15 - .21]. [RH [OPS move] 6/9/2017]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Kyoto
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source John Lowe
Date / Period: Date made: 1800-1900
Date collected: By 1996
Acquisition information: Donated: 02/1996
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Lacquer Varnish, Material Silk Textile Animal, Process Carved, Process Lacquered Varnished, Process Gilded, Process Woven, Process Openwork
Dimensions: Height: max 46 mm, Width: max 28 mm, Length: max 28 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1996.17.305.14
Research and responses: For more information on Buddhist altars and Shinto shrines, see the donor's typescript catalogue p. 56 and the Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan, 1983, p.225 (xerox in RDF).