The Wikimedia Commons file description page for a photograph of a gilt copper statue of Tara from Nepal, dated to the 17th or 18th century, held by the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive at the University of California, Berkeley. The photographer's own documentation, photographed 14 November 2013 by Wikimedia Commons contributor Daderot, stating the museum, medium and place of origin. The museum's own online collection database was not reached; the file page itself carries the object information used here.
Facts
Citation
PublisherWikimedia Commons
URLhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tara,_view_2,_Nepal,_17th_or_18th_century,_gilt_copper_-_Berkeley_Art_Museum_and_Pacific_Film_Archive_-_DSC04133.JPG
Source Typereference-database
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
A photographer's own documentation of an object on display in a named university art museum, independently corroborated by the Wikipedia article that separately uses the same photograph for Tara's standard iconography. Connections
Associated With
This source names California directly: "Film Archive at the University of California, Berkeley."
Source Tara Statue, File Record (Wikimedia Commons, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive)
Tara, Deities This source names Tara directly: "photograph of a gilt copper statue of Tara from Nepal, dated to the 17th or 18th century, held by the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive at the University of California, Berkeley."
Source Tara Statue, File Record (Wikimedia Commons, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive)
Claims Backed By This Source (14 claims)
This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 7 claims: 4 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds.
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