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This cabinet was designed to house utensils for ritual activity, likely in a chapel where invocations were performed for the protective deities. It is crowned with a frieze of skulls and framed by dancing skeletons. The iron crossbars reinforcing the doors are embellished with heads in various stages of decomposition.
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Title: Cabinet for Ritual Utensils
Date: 18th century
Culture: Tibet
Medium: Lacquer and gilding on wood, iron
Dimensions: H. 28 1/16 in. (71.3 cm); W. 18 1/2 in. (47 cm); Wt. 24 lbs (10.9 kg)
Classification: Furniture
Credit Line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
Object Number: 2015.500.4.21
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