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Description: | Prayer wheel with a bone drum. The drum is carved and the ends and band on the drum is white metal with inset coral and turquoise coloured stones. Attached to the drum is a chain with a seated figure at the end. At the top of the drum is a wooden knob. The handle is formed of highly polished bone with a dragon motif. There are brass bands at the top and bottom of the handle and at the top of the handle, where it tapers, there is a piece of shaped horn.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 1986.116 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | brass (alloy) prayer wheels white metal plastic wood Tibetan bone glass horn brass | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-69567 | Go to resource |
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