OBJECTS OF KELIGIOUS CEREMONIAL 167 



296. Porcelain model oj a Chinese pagoda. — Height, 16 inches. 

 China. (Cat. No. 316348, U.S.N.M.) Collected by Maj. Murray 

 Warner and presented through his widow, Mrs. Gertrude Bass 

 Warner. 



297-298. Pair of Nios. — Models of wood, painted and decorated. 

 The Nios or Niolcongas ("the two bold golden kings") are usually 

 placed on both sides of the lofty portal to a Buddhist temple in 

 Japan as gatekeepers or guardians. They are the Hindu gods 

 Brahma and Indra. They are represented naked, close-set, athletic 

 figures, 10 or 12 feet high, with eyes and features distorted, painted 

 vermilion red, wrestling against the powers of evil. Height, 16^ 

 mches. Japan. (Plate 59, Cat. No. 166079, U.S.N.M.) 



299-300. Pair of Nios. — Models of wood, black lacquered. Height, 

 14 inches. Japan. (Cat. No. 130457, U.S.N.M.) 



301. BuddMst temple. — Model of wood (in sections), red painted. 

 Miniature copy of a Laos Buddliist temple, carved and set up by a 

 priest, with the carvings, placement of the timbers, and the several 

 parts of it, as the throne for the image of Buddha, the pulpit from 

 which the scriptures are read, the Nagas on each side of the entrance, 

 representing in every detail a copy of a Buddhist temple in Laos. 

 Laos, Further India. (Cat.No. 217670, U.S.N.M.) 



302-303. Temple lanterns. — The lids of these two lanterns are of 

 lacquered wood. The upper lid of each is provided with a bronze 

 handle representing a dragon; the lower lid with bronze cocks. The 

 lids have openings to admit a candle, for which an iron spike is pro- 

 vided on the bottom of the lower lid, upon which the candle is stuck. 

 By raising the upper lid, the painted paper cyhnder, which emits the 

 light, is unfolded. The lanterns can be hung up by the handles 

 or suspended on poles which are passed through holes in both lids 

 provided for that purpose. Height, 12^ inches; diameter, 13% 

 inches. Japan. (Plate 60 (upper) shows the lanterns opened; plate 

 60 (lower left) exhibits the top; (right) the bottom. (Cat. No. 

 154967, U.S.N.M.) 



304. Temple lantern. — Copper. Hexagonal, with dome-shaped top 

 in open work. Richly enameled in various colors and decorated 

 with a profusion of floral designs. Height, 21 inches; diameter, 10 

 inches. Korea. (Cat. No. 154983, U.S.N.M.) 



305. Pair of temple lamps. — Open fretwork. On the top is the re- 

 ceptacle for oil in shape of a dish, from which fig leaves are suspended. 

 The whole has a kind of aureole as a background and is surmounted 

 by Ganesa, the Hindu god of sagacity with the elephant head, who also 

 found a place in the Tibetan pantheon. Made of bronze. Measure- 

 ments: Height, 3 feet 9 inches; diameter of the base, 13}^ inches. 

 Tibet. (Plate 61, Cat. No. 216141, U.S.N.M.) Bequest of S. S. 

 Howland. 



