Main Record
- Accession Number
- 2002/2.237D
- Title
- Temple bell
- Artist
- Artist Unknown
- Artist Nationality
- Burmese
- Medium and Support
- Wood
- Object Creation Date
- 20th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Myanmar (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Timothy L. Dickinson and Anja Lehmann
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification and Primary Object Type
-
Wood and Woodcarvingfurniture
- Secondary Object Classification and Secondary Object Type
-
Ritual Objectsbell
- Physical Description
- Wood base for a temple bell.
- Subject Matter
- While the history of percussive bells in the cultures of Asia dates back thousands of years, they became particularly important in Burma where every large temple has dozens of them in all sizes, most of which are donations from the pious.
- According to the inscription on this bell, dated June 4th of 1907, it was donated to a village monastery by a family, who, “keeping nibbana (nirvana) as the ultimate goal,” wanted to accumulate “good merit in this life and subsequent rebirths.” The acquisition of merit is the most common impetus behind donations to monasteries and temples in all Buddhist countries as it is a simple way for a layperson to assure a better life for him- or herself and their family in their next incarnation.
- Primary Keywords
- bell (idiophone)
- stand (support furniture)
- temple
- wood
- Secondary Keywords
- hollow-bodied
- bells and sets of bells
- buildings and the land
- chordophones
- descriptors
- directly struck idiophones
- furnishings
- furnishings by form or function
- furniture
- furniture by form or function
- materials
- materials by origin
- objects we use
- percussion idiophones
- plant material
- religious buildings
- religious structures
- single built works
- single built works by function
- single built works by specific type
- sound devices
- sound devices by acoustical characteristics
- struck idiophones
- support furniture
- wood and wood products
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