Beads: prayer

Museum number:
9-5628
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Buddhist prayer beads; single length, double strand of brown beads covered with mosaic blue feathers, and brass rings; gilt ornaments with small pieces of glass or shell inset; orange tassel; length 15.5 inches.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1909
Materials:
Feather (material), Glass (material), and Shell (animal material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects) and Prayer beads
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1972-1973 #91: Southeast Asian Studies Department (UC Berkeley) (May 1, 1973–May 2, 1973)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Beads: prayer, accession number 9-5628, described as Buddhist prayer beads; single length, double strand of brown beads covered with mosaic blue feathers, and brass rings; gilt ornaments with small pieces of glass or shell inset; orange tassel; length 15.5 inches.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Beads: prayer, accession number 9-5628, described as Buddhist prayer beads; single length, double strand of brown beads covered with mosaic blue feathers, and brass rings; gilt ornaments with small pieces of glass or shell inset; orange tassel; length 15.5 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads: prayer, accession number 9-5628, described as Buddhist prayer beads; single length, double strand of brown beads covered with mosaic blue feathers, and brass rings; gilt ornaments with small pieces of glass or shell inset; orange tassel; length 15.5 inches.

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