Nationality
Tibetan
Title of Work
Preview
Medium
Leather, Wood, Metal
Identification #
92-022
Height
11"
Width
3.75"
Depth
6.5"
Collection/Provenance
Chester Fritz Library, East Asian Room
Status
Stored: S8A, Box: East Asian Masks from E.A.R.
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Additional Information
Tibetan Prayer-Wheel made with leather, metal, and wood. Detailed metal tip on top of wheel and metal ball attached to center of wheel.
Comes with text panel that says:
TIBETAN PRAYER-WHEEL
TIBETAN LAMAS [teachers of the Dharma in Tibetan Buddhism] INSERTED WRITTEN PRAYERS INSIDE PRAYER-WHEELS, THEN ROTATED THE WHEELS WHILE THEY WALKED AND PRAYED. PRAYERS WERE IDENTICAL. TRANSLATED THEY READ, "HAIL, THE JEWEL ON THE LOTUS," A REFERENCE TO BUDDHA'S DEVINE ORIGIN.
Condition
Okay
Condition Notes
Wear on leather, discoloration throughout
Rights
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