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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Tibetan; Amdo
Title:Prayer Wheel
Date Made:early 18th century
Type:Ceremonial
Materials:copper, brass, metal, wood, shell, yarn and leather
Place Made:China; Tibet
Measurements:10 15/16 x 3 1/8 in. diameter of wheel; 27.7813 x 7.9375 cm
Accession Number:  SC 1981.10.7
Credit Line:Gift of Jacqueline Miller-Dunnington (Jacqueline Miller, class of 1949)
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art

Description:
wood stem with wheel-shaped metal container, prayer on paper in cylinder, decorated with shell, yarn and leather; religion

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