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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

Ground white sandalwood and red sandalwood for inclusion in the Riwo Sangchö

Date:
2020 CE
Medium:
sandalwood, rituals
Tradition:
Himalayan Buddhist, Tibetan Buddhist, Sikkimese Buddhist
Place of Origin:
Sikkim
Keywords:
Ritual, Purification, Sang, Incense, Riwo Sangchö, Himalayas, Ritual materials
Copal resin for inclusion in the Riwo Sangchö

Date:
2020 CE
Medium:
copal, rituals
Tradition:
Himalayan Buddhist, Tibetan Buddhist, Sikkimese Buddhist
Place of Origin:
Sikkim
Keywords:
Ritual, Purification, Sang, Incense, Riwo Sangchö, Himalayas, Ritual materials
Chopped up coconut for inclusion in the Riwo Sangchö

Date:
2020 CE
Medium:
coconuts, rituals
Tradition:
Himalayan Buddhist, Tibetan Buddhist, Sikkimese Buddhist
Place of Origin:
Sikkim
Keywords:
Sang, Ritual, Purification, Incense, Riwo Sangchö, Himalayas, Ritual materals
Mt. Kanchendzonga

Tradition:
Himalayan Buddhist, Tibetan Buddhist, Sikkimese Buddhist
Place of Origin:
Sikkim
Keywords:
Deities, Mountain, Dzonga, Himalayas
A Riwo Sangchö ritual underway in a sangbum on top of a residence

Date:
2020 CE
Tradition:
Himalayan Buddhist, Tibetan Buddhist, Sikkimese Buddhist
Place of Origin:
Sikkim
Keywords:
Ritual, Purification, Sang, Incense, Riwo Sangchö, Himalayas
A Riwo Sangchö ritual underway

Date:
2020 CE
Tradition:
Himalayan Buddhist, Tibetan Buddhist, Sikkimese Buddhist
Place of Origin:
Sikkim
Keywords:
Ritual, Purification, Sang, Incense, Riwo Sangchö, Himalayas
Images of landslides in Sikkim

Date:
2020 CE
Place of Origin:
Sikkim
Keywords:
Landslide, Himalayas, India
Seer Bonnets: A Continuing Offense

Date:
2009 CE
Medium:
pearl, white oak, mixed media, encrusting, pinning
Tradition:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
Repository:
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Keywords:
Sculpture, Mixed Media, Clothing, Feminism, Women, Mormonism, Polygamy, Plural Marriage
Trojan Women

Date:
1991 CE
Medium:
oil paint, canvas, oil painting
Tradition:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
Repository:
Collection of John Vincent Buckley III
Keywords:
Painting, Women, Feminism, Marriage, Mormonism, Joseph Smith, Polygamy, Plural Marriage
Forgotten Wives: Zina Huntington

Date:
2015 CE
Medium:
watercolor, watercolor painting
Tradition:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
Place of Origin:
Salt Lake City
Keywords:
Painting, Portraiture, Feminism, Mormonism, Wives, Women, Joseph Smith, Polygamy
Forgotten Wives: Fanny Alger

Date:
2015 CE
Medium:
watercolor, watercolor painting
Tradition:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
Place of Origin:
Salt Lake City
Keywords:
Painting, Portraiture, Feminism, Mormonism, Wives, Women, Joseph Smith, Polygamy, Plural Marriage
The Miracle of The Gulls

Teichert, Minerva Kohlhepp
Date:
ca. 1935 CE
Medium:
oil paint, canvas, oil painting
Tradition:
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon)
Repository:
Brigham Young University Museum of Art, gift of Flora Sundberg, 1936
Keywords:
Book of Mormon, Mormonism, Pioneer, American History, Painting, Prayer, Miracles, Birds, Women