CARVED BONES

Hokitika Guardian, 10 February 1934, Page 6

CARVED BONES

. RELIGIOUS HISTORY-. IN ART. ' DISCOVERIES MADE IN TIBET. LONDON, February 3. An apron of .carved .huriaan bones.,, cases of artistic treasures and 'more than 200 photographs of the frescoes of the Monastery of.. Tilling,, one of the oldest and finest in,-Tibet,, are among, the memento Cg. brought back by the well-known Italian- explorer and ; archaeologist, Professor Tucci, from the land of the Lhamas. In an interview with a London correspondent on his return'to civilisation after five months of research • worn in this little known country,. Professoy Tucci claimed that these photographs are “of unrivalled interest for ; the Ter ligious history of Buddhism, as well as for the history of. Tndo-Tibetan art.’’; ‘/There is,” he'said, “little. d°ubt that in Toling- many ""Indian artists ; must, have worked./ Probably they were r.efugees ’ from India when it', was. invaded by the. Mahommedans. Tibet’s temples still - preserve; many monuments' and works which, have disappeared from India > itself. ■ , : "‘Linfortunately,, these- '.marvellous, frescoes which cover ’ the waft s of . the (monastery of Toling ‘.are fast ’ fading ovnirig to the deplorable neglect in which they have been left. 'The rain dropping through the ceiling, which has'been left unrepaired for years, is ,also washing them away. .. ’ ’“The value'of the photographs, which ff have been able to take is greater, for in a few years there may be nothing left of the originals.” Professor ‘Tuccf has : also brought, back' with him a .large number'of cases containing many treasures of ' Tibetan art for his collection in Rdme,. which he intends to leave to the Italian nar tion after his death. t One of the most curious 'p:<A?s s which he -has' succeeded in obtaining is a! collar and apron made enr entirely of ' elaborately/ carved human bones. *He ba s given the Government of (India ,a .grief ‘ report on the tes'Ults of his work, in .Tibet.

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