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Title
Thousand armed goddess, Chaozhou, Guangdong, China, ca.1921-1923
Creator
Unidentified
Date Created and/or Issued
1920/1930
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Divinity.Library@yale.edu
Yale University Divinity School Library, 409 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06511
Yale University. Divinity School. Day Missions Library
http://web.library.yale.edu/divinity/copyright-and-permissions
Description
"1000 armed goddess! In newly built Buddhist temple outside Chaochowfu. In a side shrine tucked away behind main show. Supposed to be goddess of mercy with all these hands to help. (Not sure)" [now Chaozhou] A statue of a Buddhist goddess on an altar with offerings before her.
Type
image
Format
photographic prints, 10.7 x 6.2 cm.
photographs
Identifier
impa-m10551 [Legacy record ID]
IMP-YDS-RG008-248-0002-0049
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m10551
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/IMP-YDS-RG008-248-0002-0049.jpg
Subject
Religious art
Buddhism
General views
Time Period
1920/1930
Place
Asia
China
Kwangtung
Source
YDS/RG008/248/0002/0049 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Paul F. Cressey Papers
Photographs from the Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut, ca.1880-1950
Yale Divinity Library Special Collections
impa-m980

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