Prayer Wheel (Mani Wheel) / Artist Unknown, Tibet

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Accession Number
1983/1.423
Title
Prayer Wheel (Mani Wheel)
Artist Nationality
Tibetan
Medium and Support
copper? and wood
Style/Group/Movement
Buddhist
Dimensions
26 cm x 8.4 cm x 8.4 cm (10 1/4 in. x 3 5/16 in. x 3 5/16 in.)
Physical Description
A 'mani' or prayer wheel, a common ritual object used in Tibetan Buddhism: a device made a handle (here a simple wooden stick) supporting a hollow cylindrical drum on a spindle. A small metal weight, attached to one one side of the drum with a cord, allows the wheel to spin with a slight rotation of the wrist. The drum in his case is of hammered metal, with incised patterns of Buddhist auspicious symbols.
Subject Matter
A mani, or prayer wheel, a common ritual object used in Tibetan Buddhism. A hand-written or printed prayer is placed inside the hollow core of the wheel drum; when a believer spins the drum from left to right (the direction the prayers are written), he or she attains the same religoius merit as when reciting the prayers aloud.
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Record
1983/1.423
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"Prayer Wheel (Mani Wheel); Artist Unknown, Tibet." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1983-sl-1.423/1983_1.423.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024.
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