Maha Maya: The Birth of Lord Buddha
Unknown Tibetan, Tibetan
mid-20th century
Woodcut on handmade paper
Sheet: 31 1/2 × 21 15/16 in. (80 × 55.7 cm)
Overall: 18 1/4 in. (46.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Ian Alsop, Class of 1969
PR.972.117.59
Geography
Place Made: Himalayan Region, Tibet, Asia
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Course History
Art History 34.01, Arts of Tibet, Xiaotin Yin, Winter 2023
Art History 34.01, Asian Societies, Cultures and Languages 52.02, Arts of Tibet, Xiaotin Yin, Winter 2023
Religion 41.07/Asian Societies, Cultures, and Languages 51.06, Buddhism Sex Gender Southeast Asia, Mary Kate Long, Winter 2024
Religion 19.39, Beddhist Auto/Biography, Mary Kate Long, Spring 2024
Exhibition History
Asian Art from the Permanent Collection, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 22-March 21, 1982.
Provenance
Collected by Ian Alsop in Nepal, about 1972; given to present collection, 1972.
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