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Description: | Carved wooden model depicting a Buddhist monk kneeling in front of an altar table practising meditation through reciting sutra and striking a traditional instrument known as a muyu, or wooden fish. This type of model was used by missionaries to explain life overseas to audiences at their talks while they were on home leave.
caption: Right oblique view of object no. nn6430. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | figures (ritual & belief: representations) Buddhism wood Carving | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-75663 | Go to resource |
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