Bumkor Ritual in Sikkim
Tradition:
Himalayan Buddhist, Tibetan Buddhist, Sikkimese BuddhistPlace of Origin:
SikkimKeywords:
Ritual, Purification, Himalayas, Ritual materials, Procession, BumkorYou are here
Material Objects Archive
Objects, images, and a proliferation of materialities engage bodies and minds, events and ideas, in ways both profound and subtle. Material objects, especially as they are activated in religious practices broadly conceived, are situated at the heart of MAVCOR. This Material Objects Archive offers an ever-expanding online gallery of such objects. We invite you to use it as a tool for thinking and teaching, researching and writing—and we welcome your suggestions and contributions to this collaborative enterprise.
In 2017, MAVCOR initiated the MAVCOR Digital Spaces Project, documenting sacred spaces via 360º panorama (360s) and high resolution giga-pixel (Zooms) photography. You can view all Digital Spaces Project 360s and Zooms here, or you can check the appropriate box in the Material Objects Archive search to view affiliated material objects.
Material Objects
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Image of Mary Firth from the title page of Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker’s play The Roaring Girl
Date:ca. 1607-1610 CEPlace of Origin:City of LondonKeywords:Smoking Pipe, Smoking, Tobacco, Cross dressing -
African Slave Family, Surinam, 1770s
Blake, WilliamDate:1796 CEPlace of Origin:LondonKeywords:Smoking Pipe, Smoking, Colonialism, Tobacco, Slavery -
Tobacco holder modeled in the shape of a young African man’s head
Date:1785-1810 CEMedium:lead alloysPlace of Origin:EnglandRepository:North Lincolnshire MuseumKeywords:Smoking Pipe, Smoking, Colonialism, Tobacco -
Queensware snuff storage jar
Date:1750 CE-1800 CEMedium:ceramic, ceramic processPlace of Origin:City of LondonRepository:London Science MuseumKeywords:Smoking, Snuff Jars, Tobacco -
Tobacco Dealer's Trade Cards
Date:ca. 1725 CEPlace of Origin:City of LondonRepository:New York Public Library Digital CollectionsKeywords:Trade Cards, Tobacco, Trade, Colonialism, Plantation, Slavery -
Gaitskell's Neat Tobacco at Fountain Stairs Rotherhith Wall; Capt Smith . . . taking King of Palpanegh prisoner
Date:ca. 1745-1865 CEPlace of Origin:City of LondonRepository:The New York Public Library Digital CollectionsKeywords:Trade Cards, Tobacco, Trade, Colonialism, Virginia -
Trade token issued by James Grimes depicting an indigenous person smoking a pipe on the obverse and initials on the reverse
Date:1649-1672 CEMedium:alloy, mintingPlace of Origin:City of LondonRepository:The British MuseumKeywords:Trade, Trade Tokens, Tokens, Colonialism, Smoking, Smoking Pipes -
Trade token depicting an indigenous person smoking and holding a tobacco leaf on the obverse and initials on the reverse
Date:1649-1672 CEMedium:alloy, mintingPlace of Origin:City of LondonRepository:The British MuseumKeywords:Trade Tokens, Tokens, Colonialism, Smoking, Tobacco, Tobacco Pipe -
Detail of the title page of Wenceslaus Hollar, Navium Variæ Figuræ et Formæ (Dutch Ships)
Date:1647 CEPlace of Origin:BohemiaRepository:The Metropolitan Museum of ArtKeywords:Tobacco, Smoking, Trade, Shipping, Dutch, Etching -
A Smoking Club
Woodward, George MoutardDate:1799 CEPlace of Origin:City of LondonRepository:New York Public Library Digital CollectionsKeywords:Tobacco, Smoking, Trade, Smoking Club -
Niemand sprak er (Nobody Spoke)
Delfos, Abraham, Troost, CornelisDate:1770 CEMedium:paper, ink, watercolor, brushwork, drawingPlace of Origin:NetherlandsRepository:RijksmuseumKeywords:tavern, Tobacconists, Smoking, pipe, Trade, Tobacco Pipe, Tobacco