Knife Item Number: 902/27 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Dark brown wooden ritual dagger known as phurba (ཕུར་པ) with a three-sided handle, a narrow middle and a three-sided pointed end. Three-sided handle has three human faces carved in relief; the middle is wrapped with brown fibre; the pointed end has a carved braided line down the centre of each of the three sides. One side of the point has a circular red mark.
History Of Use
Phurba (ཕུར་པ) is a ritual implement in Tibetan Buddhism to ward off evil influences.
Item History
- Made in Nepal
- Collected by Jason Schoonover
- Owned by Jason Schoonover before May 27, 1983
- Received from Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source) and Jason Schoonover (Seller) on May 27, 1983
What
Who
- Culture
- Himalayas
- Field Collector
- Jason Schoonover
- Previous Owner
- Jason Schoonover
- Received from
- Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source) and Jason Schoonover (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Nepal
When
- Ownership Date
- before May 27, 1983
- Acquisition Date
- on May 27, 1983
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 81
- Accession Number
- 0902/0027