Copper-colored device consisting of cylinder and four cup-shaped objects on their sides mounted on lower third of spindle

Wind-Powered Prayer Wheel (mani lung khor)

Location
Tibet

Date
before 1920

Material
metal, ink, paper, bamboo, string

Dimensions
9¼ in. x diam. 5½ x 2¼ in. (23.5 x 14 x 5.7 cm)

Collection
Newark Museum; Purchase, 1920; 20.406 A-C

Photo Credit
photography courtesy of the Newark Museum of Art

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