Prayer Wheel

Place of originTibet

Prayer Wheel

Date18th-19th century
Mediumwood with pigments on gesso, ink printed on paper prayer scroll inside
Dimensionsobject: 56 x 31 x 30 1/2 in. (142.2 x 78.7 x 77.5 cm) crate: 69 × 48 × 48 in., 439 lb. (175.3 × 121.9 × 121.9 cm, 199.1 kg)
ClassificationCEREMONIAL OBJECTS
Credit LineSBMA, Museum Purchase with funds provided by Natalia and Michael Howe and Pamela Melone in Honor of F. Bailey Vanderhoef, Jr, the John and Peggy Maximus Fund and Yangki Ackerman
Object number2011.42
Subject(s)
  • inscription
  • religion
  • deity
  • Buddhism
  • flowers
  • figure
Collection
  • Asian
Sub-Collection(s)
  • Tibetan
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