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Trunk1677-1762

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Artist or Maker: Unknown
Title: Trunk
Place Made: Tibet
Date Made: 1677-1762
Medium: Wood, leather, metal inlaid with gold
Dimensions: 16 3/4 × 25 3/8 × 11 in. (42.55 × 64.45 × 27.94 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Ruth Hayward, Ph.D. and Robert Hayward, M.D., in honor of Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan people, art and culture, through the 2010 Collectors Committee
Accession Number: M.2010.78.15
Classification: Furnishings
Collecting Area: South and Southeast Asian Art
Curatorial Notes: This wooden trunk is embellished with stamped leather inserts on the front panel and ornate metal fittings inlaid with gold ornamentation, including openwork corner protectors, reinforcement fittings, and a hasp engraved with auspicious symbols. See David Kamansky, ed., Wooden Wonders: Tibetan Furniture in Secular and Religious Life (Pasadena: Pacific Asia Museum and Chicago: Serindia Publications, 2004), pp. 256-257, no. 78.