Painted Tibetan Altar Cabinet - 19th Century Damchiya Sideboards 40 x 5 x 55

40 x 5 x 55 (wxdxhcms)

being used to display a deity

Below the main storage area are two sliding drawers

they are walk-through height at 188cm tall

Used on festive occasions by street musicians -19thC

Painted Tibetan Altar Cabinet - 19th Century Damchiya Sideboards 40 x 5 x 55This excellent example of an antique Tibetan painted altar cabinet dates to the 19th century and is from Central Tibet. Buddhist shrine cabinets like this are unusual to find now and would originally have been used for housing statues of deities. These altars were called chshom and housed in the chapel of a private home. Every home had a chapel (chkhang) and most had an altar of some fashion. Originally this would almost certainly have been made with