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Description: | Tibetan, wood, iron, copper, paper
'Prayer wheel, one of the prayers is put into the wheel which is then held in the left hand by the wooden handle and turned by the knob at the top a certain number of times. The prayer is then complete. The chain with the small chain weight helps to revolve the wheel.'
Missing knob and chain. Copper wheel. Heavy tarnishing. Prayer scroll rolled up inside wheel. Tibet
Accession number: HH-X 618 | Subjects: | TIBETAN religion (buddhism) | Temporal: | 1800-1900? | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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