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Hearst Museum object titled Necklace, accession number 9-22499, described as necklace mad of alternating red and black beads strung on metallic yarn/threads; 20 red beads, appear to be coral, and 20 black painted wooden beads
Hearst Museum object titled Needle case, accession number 9-21424a-c, described as Ivory needle case with silver(?) lid. Decoration in relief: A scholar and his acolyte arrive by boat at the foot of a mountain to climb it. Halfway up to the temple at the summit, the scholar rests and fans himself. In their ascent, the pilgrims pass through forests of bamboo, evergreens and deciduous trees. The case hangs by the crimson cord-loop from the button of the Manchu tunic. After a knot and an amber bead it enters the case through the silver lid. After it exits the case, its two ends run through a coral bead and are knotted once more, before they hang loose. Overall length of cord: 29 cm; of ivory case: 8.7 cm, case 1.5 cm diameter. Sewing needles to be stuck into cotton inside tube. a) box bottom, b) box top, c) needle case.
Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12552, described as Pipe holder: carved bone, long and narrow. Light relief decoration with incised detail depicts five insects on each side. One side has snail with coral inlaid antennae, wasp with jade eyes and mother of pearl wings (one missing), cricket with jade head, Praying mantis with incised mother-of-pearl belly and yellow shell eyes, and a beetle w/ coral and shell. Other side depicts a slug, locust, dragon fly, bee, and butterfly. each with inlaid eyes. Butterfly has tortoise shell wings. Interior hollowed out for pipe. Cord hole on side L. 20 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12537, described as Carving / Cabinet piece (?) or possibly Netsuke: Carved ivory figure of walking man, left leg raised in step. His face is turned to the left, and is smiling. Slung on his right side is a bag w/ three characters written upon it, a small inlaid piece of coral, and an inlaid mother of pearl 'double gourd'. The entire right hand is broken off, as are the tips of the fingers of the left hand and right toes. Cloud designs incised on the back of the garment. H. 4.5 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 9-5602, described as Gilt hair ornament; jade and coral; floral, 3 jade pendants from head of jade bird; length 9.75 in
Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 9-21874, described as String of precious stones and pearls with clasps at each end, apparently part of a neckless or other ornament worn by an affluent Tibetan. The string includes five pearls, two pearl-like stones one pearl shaped glass bead, four large coral beads and four zi stones.
Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 9-89, described as Hair ornament of thin tortoise shell, decorated in gold and set with imitation flowers and berries of coral
Hearst Museum object titled Poi pounder, accession number 11-1968.2, described as Poi pounder of coral
Hearst Museum object titled Prayer beads, accession number 9-21868, described as Prayer beads (mala), used in Tantric meditations to organize and keep track of mantras and recitations.There are one hundred and eleven beads, the standard number for a Buddhist mala. In addition there are six red coral beads. These are used as head beads and for spacer beads, often placed after the twenty first bead from the head bead on each side.
Hearst Museum object titled Prayer wheel, accession number 9-21910a-d, described as This is a hand held prayer wheel. A coil of mantras, often hundreds of thousands of mantras, printed from wood blocks on long scrolls, is placed within the cylinder. The meditator spins the wheel, using the lead weight on the end of the chain to accelerate and sustain the spinning. Like other Buddhist ritual devices, the prayer wheel is a support (rten) for meditation. With each revolution of the wheel, the meditator visualizes the mantras going forth to benefit others. Each of hundreds of thousands of mantras becomes the deity of that mantra and goes forth to encompass the welfare and happiness for limitless living beings. The most common mantra in Tibetan prayer wheels is the six syllable mantra of Avalokiteshvara: "Om Mani Padme Hum." This prayer wheel is empty. A new mantra scroll can easily be placed inside.This is a rather crude prayer wheel, lacking the embossed letters of the mantra on the exterior and having little in the way of ornamentation except the coral and turquoise insets in the top. The top, however, is not original and does not match the rest of the object. It does function properly to keep the spinning wheel it place . It may have been fitted to this prayer wheel subsequent to its exiting Tibet. See prayer wheel worn on the belt of a nobelman: Photo T-92. See similar object: T-113

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