Artwork Details

Title
Rosewood Prayer Beads
Dimensions
10 × 2 1/8 × 1/4 in.
Medium
Rosewood, coral, pink coral vajra
Origin
Mongolia
Classification(s)
ritual objects
Date
19th century
Credit Line
Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Gift of Anne Breckenridge Dorsey
Object number
C2012.6.15
Published references
* Arts of Asia, 34 no. 4 (July-August, 2004) "Prayer Beads: In Asian Buddhist Cultures" by Anne Breckenridge Dorsey. Fig. 29.

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