The Collector and the Collections | Mongolian Buddhism: Identity, Practice and Politics | Tsakli, Thangkas, Prints, Amulets and Manuscripts | Types of Votive Plaque [tshatsha] in the Leder Collections | A Maitreya [tshatsha] in the Leder Collections | The Tsam Figures in Leder´s Collections - A Reunion | The Khüree-Tsam and its Relations with the Tsam Figures of the Leder Collections | Cagān Öwgön - The White Old Man in the Leder Collections. The Textual and Iconographic Tradition of the Cult of the White Old Man among the Mongols | The Depictions of the Five Personal Protective Deities in the Leder Collections | Equestrian Warrior Deities in the Leder Collections. Some Aspects of the Mongolian War God | Various Depictions of Zanabazar | Different Types of Prayer Flag in the Leder Collections | The Stronghold of Good Luck. A Unique Representation Connecting to the Cult of Prayer Flag | List of Contributors - References | Figures Kap. III | Figures Kap. IV | Figures Kap. V | Figures Kap. VI | Figures Kap. VIII | Figures Kap. IX | Figures Kap. X | Figures Kap. XI | Figures Kap. XII | Figures Kap. XIII

This volume presents the results of a project realised within the research programme Research at Museums (forMuse). Selected objects from the collections of the Austrian research traveller and collector Hans Leder (1843–1921), which are located at the Weltmuseum Vienna and other ethnographic museums in Central Europe, are reunited here for the first time. These are primarily Buddhist ritual items of daily life in northern Mongolia around 1900. Following an introduction to the history of the collection, with numerous original quotations by the collector, and historic and recent insights to Mongolian Buddhism, specific object groups are presented and described. An illustrated section within this appealingly designed book shows as yet unpublished object photographs that were taken during the project. The volume brings together descriptions of artefacts from multiple points of view. The interdisciplinary project team thus provides a new approach to a collection of Mongolian art which is unique in its abundance and authenticity. With contributions by Ágnes Birtalan, Olaf Czaja, Béla Kelényi, Maria-Katharina Lang, Lhagvademchig S. Jadamba and Krisztina Teleki. 

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