Prayer Wheel Item Number: Ee4.43 a-c from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Silvery, cylindrical metal object covered in repousse devotional prayer in Tibetan script (part b); a bud-shaped finial with a flat, circular base is featured on the top (part c), while a metal chain with a polyhedron finial is attached to the side. Cylinder is mounted on dark brown wooden handle capped with metal (part a), about which it turns.
Item History
- Made in Tibet
- Collected between 1890 and 1900
- Owned by Albert Poole, Louise Eleanor Poole and F. Abner Poole before March 15, 1982
- Received from Albert Poole (Donor), F. Abner Poole (Donor) and Louise Eleanor Poole (Donor) on March 15, 1982
What
- Name
- Prayer Wheel
- Identification Number
- Ee4.43 a-c
- Type of Item
- prayer wheel
- Material
- metal, wood and lead metal ?
- Overall
- height 28.5 cm, diameter 8.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tibetan
- Previous Owner
- Albert Poole, Louise Eleanor Poole and F. Abner Poole
- Received from
- Albert Poole (Donor), F. Abner Poole (Donor) and Louise Eleanor Poole (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Tibet
When
- Collection Date
- between 1890 and 1900
- Ownership Date
- before March 15, 1982
- Acquisition Date
- on March 15, 1982
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0787/0014 a-c