Bronze Prayer Wheel

Unknown Chinese, Chinese

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Bronze, turquoise, wood, lead

Overall: 1 7/8 × 1 15/16 × 4 5/8 in. (4.7 × 5 × 11.8 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Robert L. Ripley, Class of 1939H

40.15.12538

Geography

Place Made: China, East Asia, Asia

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 Robert L. (born LeRoy Robert) Ripley (1890-1949), Mamaroneck, New York, early 20th century (The Ripley's Believe It or Not Collection); given to present collection, 1940.

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