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Object Number 35-10-60/16290.1.63
Display Title Hand holding a rosary
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Gansu / Tibet [crossed out] / Gift of Harrison Forman / The Explorers Club / New York City / Tibetans, laymen as well as clergy / all carry rosaries which are fingered / constantly. As each bead passes through / the fingers the mystic "Om mani padme / hum" is uttered. Usually the rosary consists / of 108 beads- suggested by the 108 volumes / of the KAN-DYUR, the Tibetan Bible or / Canon.
Department Photographic
Date 1885-1934
Artist Mr. Harrison Forman
Culture
  • Tibetan
  • Chinese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Tibet
Asia / China / Gansu
Dimensions Overall: 13.97 × 10.16 cm (5 1/2 × 4 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by Mr. Harrison Forman

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