Beads: prayer

Museum number:
9-5626
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Double length Buddhist prayer beads; small, brown engraved beads; 4 red beads, yellow tassel; length 20.5 in
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1909
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
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)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Beads: prayer, accession number 9-5626, described as Double length Buddhist prayer beads; small, brown engraved beads; 4 red beads, yellow tassel; length 20.5 in
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Beads: prayer, accession number 9-5626, described as Double length Buddhist prayer beads; small, brown engraved beads; 4 red beads, yellow tassel; length 20.5 in

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