Rock Crystal Prayer Beads
Tibet, Date unknown
Mongolian Rosewood Prayer Beads
Mongolia, 19th century
Rudraksha Prayer Beads
Tibet, 19th century
Rudraksha Prayer Beads
Tibet, Date unknown
Penance Prayer Bead
Japan, Early 20th century
Phoenix Eye Bodhiseed Prayer Beads
Tibet, 18th or 19th century
Phoenix Eye Bodhiseed Prayer Beads
Tibet, 20th century
Prayer Beads
Tibet, 19th century
Prayer beads made of seeds, likely bladdernut, with image of Bodhidharma carved on each bead
Korea, Early 20th century
Prayer Wheel
Tibet, 19th - 20th century
Pressed Incense Prayer Beads
China, Date unknown
Pressed Medicine prayer beads
China, Early 20th century
Oboe (Gyaling)
Probably Central Tibet, early 20th century
Oboe (Gyaling)
Probably Central Tibet, early 20th century
Open-Ended String of Wood Prayer Bead
Korea, 20th century
Padmasambhava
Tibet, 15th century

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