DepartmentAsia

Prayer wheel

NamePrayer wheel

Artist Artist unrecorded

Dateca 1950

Place madeNEPAL, ASIA

Mediummetal

Dimensions9 1/2 × 1 3/4 in. (24.2 × 4.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Miss Hester Gassett, A.1989.47.35v

Object numberA.1989.47.35v

Description5 pieces: handle, cylinder, lid, knob, paper roll. Hammered, raised relief metal cylinder on wood handle; hand-built metal links from chain with ball at end; chain is attached to side of cylinder. Knob on top. Handle is black. Roll of paper inside cylinder is printed in red with calligraphy.