Prayer Wheel
Item number N4.2 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Barrel-shaped copper object covered in repousse devotional prayer in Tibetan script; object is capped with red paint and a pointed finial, and has a short metal tube attached at the bottom. A length of copper wire tied to a small piece of lead it attached to the side.
Cultural Context
used as a means of worship.
Item History
- Made in Tibet
- Owned by Union College
- Received from Union College (Donor) during 1960
What
- Name
- Prayer Wheel
- Identification Number
- N4.2
- Type of Item
- prayer wheel
- Material
- lead metal and copper metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- repousse
- Overall
- height 15.0 cm, diameter 7.5 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Tibet
Who
- Culture
- Tibetan
- Previous Owner
- Union College
- Received from
- Union College (Donor)
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1960
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 76
- Accession Number
- 0018/0002
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