Hand-Held Prayer Wheel
Unknown Chinese, Chinese
1910-1915
Bronze and metal
Overall: 2 11/16 × 2 5/16 × 10 5/8 in. (6.8 × 5.8 × 27 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. C. Vance Allyn
169.48.24732
Geography
Place Made: China, East Asia, Asia
Period
20th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Course History
REL 40, AMES 42, Visual Culture of Tibet and the Himalayas, Nancy Lin, Summer 2012
Provenance
Collected by J. Bruce Eyestone (1870-1956) in Foochow, Fukien Province, China, 1905-1927; given to his daughter, Josephine Miriam Eyestone Allyn (1912-2003), New London, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1969.
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