JAIC 1992, Volume 31, Number 1, Article 6 (pp. 41 to 50)
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JAIC 1992, Volume 31, Number 1, Article 6 (pp. 41 to 50)

RELIGIOUS AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN THE STUDY AND CONSERVATION OF OF TIBETAN SCULPTURE

CHANDRA L. REEDY




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TIBETAN BUDDHIST GROUPS AND COMMUNITIES

The Council of Religious and Cultural Affairs of H.

H. the Dalai Lama, Gangchen Kyishong, Dharmasala-176215, District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India

Sakya Monastery,

108 N.W. 83d St., Seattle, Wash. 98117

The Tibet Society,

P.O. Box 1968, Bloomington, Ind. 47402

Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center,

R.D. 1, Box 306A, Washington, N.J. 07882–9767.


AUTHOR INFORMATION

CHANDRA L. REEDY is an assistant professor in the Art Conservation Department of the University of Delaware and coordinator of its new Ph.D. program in art conservation research. She was previously employed as a scientist at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Conservation Center. She received her graduate training at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was awarded the Ph.D. from the interdisciplinary Archaeology Program with specializations in materials analysis of art and archaeological objects and in the South Asian region. She has done fieldwork in north India and maintains research interests in the history of Tibetan art, material culture, and religion. Address: Art Conservation Department, University of Delaware, 303 Old College, Newark, Del. 19716.


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