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Kamidana
Placed high on a wall in a household or place of business, a Kamidana, “God shelf,” serves as a center for Shinto daily worship and contains objects and materials essential for devotion to the Kami, the deity or sacred power.
Buddhist Home Altar
This portable cabinet shrine contains Buddha seated on a lotus, eleven (of twelve) seated Bodhisattva figures, and three standing figures (probably later additions).
Gothic Bench
The history of the bench is unknown, was originally found in the old chapel in Kirby (now Florence) hall. Refurbished in 1989.
Desk
A “partner’s desk” with knee space on two sides this was originally in the office of Leon Harris, Sr., whose father founded A. Harris and Co. in 1886, an early Dallas department store which later became Sanger-Harris.
Vargueno-style English cabinet on stand, c. 1650
The portable cabinet known as a vargueno, or bargueño, originated during the period of the Spanish colonial empire. Varguenos sometimes included accoutrements for use as traveling desks, and could also be found perched on stands for permanent…
Armoire
SMU and Harvard alumni Carr P. Collins Jr. (1918–1985) presented this armoire to Bridwell Library, along with a number of other gifts over years including artifacts, archives, books, and funds for library purchases and programs.
Leaf from a manuscript missal
This manuscript leaf numbered 100 is a fragment of a sixteenth-century liturgical book bearing five-lined square notation and an abridged Latin text from the Magnificat, the canticle of Mary seen in the first chapter of Luke, as an antiphon, a verse…
Guan Gong
This processional figure, as identified by the donor, duplicated a permanent portrayal of Guan Yu (206 BCE–220 CE), the Han Dynasty general known as a national protector who continued to appear at battlefronts after his death and was deified as Guan…
Shiva Nataraja
This cast and incised brass represents the divine figure of Hindu scripture, Shiva, Lord of the Dance
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