Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 2014-0002-0009A,B | |
| Category | Ceremonial Items | |
| Object Name | Prayer wheel | |
| Culture | Tibetan | |
| Global Region | South-Central Asia | |
| Country | Tibet or Nepal | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Unknown | |
| County | Unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | Unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. mid-1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Metal: Silver; Paper; Jade; Turquoise; Coral; Garnet | |
| Description | Prayer wheel consisting of a paper prayer scroll housed inside a silver cylindrical container that is decorated with silver filigree work and small turquoise and garnet stone settings and a jade ring around its mid-section, all mounted to a silver scepter-like handle with a turquoise stone set at the distal end; Silver container holding the scroll is also surmounted with a multi-tiered lid that is heavily decorated with garnet and turquoise stones and coral settings and topped with a silver lotus bud; A second silver lotus bud is suspended from a short silver chain that is attached to the jade ring. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 5.0, Length = 22.7 | |