The Wheel of Life
Unknown Tibetan, Tibetan
mid-20th century
Woodcut on handmade paper
Block: 30 × 19 1/4 in. (76.2 × 48.9 cm)
Sheet: 31 3/4 × 21 1/2 in. (80.6 × 54.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Ian Alsop, Class of 1969
PR.972.117.69
Geography
Place Made: Himalayan Region, Tibet, Asia
Period
20th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Course History
ANTH 32, AMES 26, Anthropology of Tibet and the Himalayas, Sienna Craig, Spring 2013
ANTH 32, AMES 26, Anthropology of Tibet and the Himalayas, Kenneth Bauer, Fall 2014
ANTH 32, AMES 26, Anthropology of Tibet and the Himalayas, Kenneth Bauer, Fall 2014
GEOG 17, Geopolitics and Third World Development, Patricia Lopez, Spring 2015
GEOG 17, Geopolitics and Third World Development, Patricia Lopez, Spring 2015
ANTH 32, AMES 26, Anthropology of Tibet and the Himalayas, Kenneth Bauer, Winter 2019
ANTH 32, Anthropology of Tibet and Himalayas, Kenneth Bauer, Summer 2020
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 19.39, Beddhist Auto/Biography, Mary Kate Long, Spring 2024
Provenance
Collected by Ian Alsop in Nepal, about 1972; given to present collection, 1972.
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