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Buddhist hand prayer wheel
Buddhist hand prayer wheel

Buddhist hand prayer wheel

Dateca. 1750-1850
Label Text
Object number65.94
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing. Published ReferencesSheets, Hilarie M. "Reframing the question, 'What is Asian art?'" The Art Newspaper, no. 320 (February 2020): p. 25, reproduced.
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
DimensionsOverall h.: 11 1/2 in. Diam.: 3 1/4 in.
MediumSilver gilding, wood, stone, leather, silk, shell, ivory
Hand prayer wheel (hkor-brten)
18th-19th century
Object number: 71.19
Indian
19th century
Object number: 57.155
Prayer wheel
20th century
Object number: 44.218
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
ca. 1750-1850
Object number: 33.703
Reliquary casket
French, probably Limoges
ca. 1200 - 1225
Object number: 49.38
Pyx
French, probably Limoges
mid 13th century
Object number: 49.39
Crozier with Saint Michael slaying the dragon
French, probably Limoges
mid-13th century
Object number: 52.103
Crucifix
French, probably Limoges
ca. 1200
Object number: 46.32
Amulet
Sumerian
4th millennium B.C.
Object number: 41.121
Staff: (Batume)
Object number: 74.29
Presentation cane
Charles Edenshaw
ca. 1900 - 10
Object number: 93.5