Prayer wheel part

Museum number:
9-22051
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
BY.T-163 and T-163 (original number)
Description:
This is the cylinder and rotator for a small prayer wheel. See: T-92, T-113.
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Bronze (metal), Coral (material), Ivory (material), and Turquoise (mineral)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Production date:
19th-20th century
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Prayer wheel part, accession number 9-22051, described as This is the cylinder and rotator for a small prayer wheel. See: T-92, T-113.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Prayer wheel part, accession number 9-22051, described as This is the cylinder and rotator for a small prayer wheel. See: T-92, T-113.

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