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Description: | The donor, Dr Hildburgh, was born in New York in 1876 and died in 1956. He was a traveller and a collector of amulets, with interests in archaeology and medieval artefacts. According to an obituary in the journal 'Folklore', he recorded in his meticulous notebooks, dating from 1902, information gleaned from dealers as well as literary references and his own opinions. He was a generous benefactor to the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Folklore Society, of which he was a council member from 1909 and president for a period after the Second World War. An incomplete collection of off prints of his articles was presented by him to the Folklore Society's library in 1950 and listed in the journal 'Folklore' of that year. Dr Hildburgh donated a number of items to the Horniman Museum.
Flaming 'mandorla' arch that slots into the back of a gilt bronze figure of Guanyin.
caption: General view of object no. 16.7.53/11.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 16.7.53/11.2 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | bronze figures (ritual & belief: representations) Figures Buddhism Manchu gilding Carving | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-215360 | Go to resource |
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