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Shrine Statue, 19th Century Miao culture; China Wood; 16 1/2 × 3 3/4 × 4 in. 2020.8.25 Anon…
Shrine Statue
Shrine Statue, 19th Century Miao culture; China Wood; 16 1/2 × 3 3/4 × 4 in. 2020.8.25 Anon…
Shrine Statue, 19th Century Miao culture; China Wood; 16 1/2 × 3 3/4 × 4 in. 2020.8.25 Anonymous Gift

Shrine Statue

ClassificationsSculpture
Culture Miao
Date19th Century
Made AtChina, Asia
MediumWood
Dimensions16 1/2 × 3 3/4 × 4 in. (41.9 × 9.5 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift
Object number2020.8.25
DescriptionThis is a shrine sculpture used by the Miao culture of China. The Miao were traditionally animistic and practiced ancestor worship with interwoven elements of Taoism and Buddhism. Every Miao home would have had an altar to spirits of good fortune, dab xwm kab. Mostly this would have just involved a rice paper sheet but in some cases and in the special altars used by shaman other carved figures such as this would be present as well.
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