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Object Number
35-10-60/16290.1.18
Display Title
Mani Drums
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on board: "35-10 / Tibet / Great Mani Drums which encircle the monastery. They are jammed / with thousands of prayers written on bits of paper. The drum is / pivoted top and bottom by an axle. There is a continual procession / of laity and clergy about the monastery, whirling these drums. / Each whirl, and one is credited with having uttered so many / thousands of prayers - thus storing up much "merit" in the / Hereafter (4 to 6 feet in heights). / Gift of Harrison Forman / The Explorers Club / New York City."
Department
Photographic
Date
1885-1934
Artist
Mr. Harrison Forman
Culture
- Tibetan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Tibet
Dimensions
Overall: 13.97 × 7.62 cm (5 1/2 × 3 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Mr. Harrison Forman
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35-10-60/16290.1.19 | Man in front of Mani Drums |
Tibet
| ||
| 56-55-60/15865.1.317 | View of temples and sheds with prayer wheels inside, Labrang, Tibet |
Gansu
Labrang | ||
| 56-55-60/15865.1.345 | People on road near temples, with prayer wheels |
Gansu
Labrang | ||
| 993-16-60/16287.1.12 | Tools, coins, and other objects |
Jerusalem
| ||
| 2010.5.35075 | View of Leh, Mani wall and palace |
Kashmir
| ||
| 35-10-60/16290.1.63 | Hand holding a rosary |
Gansu
Tibet | ||
| 970-17-60/13243 | Brick; fragmented in two pieces. |
Brick
Raw Material |
Thunder Peak Pagoda
| |
| 2004.24.24127 | Ancestral image consecrated by soaking in blood of pig or chicken & prayers |
Lepanto
| ||
| 11-49-60/84057 | Charms or prayers |
Card
|
Japan
| |
| 11-49-60/84042 | Charms or prayers |
Card
|
Japan
| |
| 988-13-50/12103 | Talking drums |
Percussion
|
Amou-Ablo
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Photograph, 'Early Morning Prayers, Assi Ghat'
| 2009.10.1 | Photograph, 'Early Morning Prayers, Assi Ghat' |
Benares
|