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Showing results for "mid 19th century - early 20th century" in Object Creation Date.
- Title
- Prayer Wheel (Mani Wheel)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet
- 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.
- Century
- 19th-early 20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.423
- Medium and Support
- copper? and wood
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Prayer Wheel (Mani Wheel)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Tibet
- Physical Description
- An example of a 'mani' or prayer wheel, a common ritual object used in Tibetan Buddhism: a device made a handle (here a wooden stick, with simple incised line designs) supporting a hollow cylindrical drum on a spindle. Here the drum is elaboratedly decorated with rows of inset turquoise stones, as well as a row of Sanskit letters in bone. A small weight of bone attached to one one side of the drum with a metal chain, allows the wheel to spin with a slight rotation of the wrist.
- Century
- 19th-20th century
- Object Creation Date
- mid 19th century - early 20th century
- Accession Number
- 1983/1.424
- Medium and Support
- metal, wood, bone, and turquoise
- relevance
- rank 0.00000