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Object Number 39-20-60/3328
Display Title Wood block for printing prayer flags (banners are often 90 feet in +
Descriptions
Object Description Wood block for printing prayer flags (Banners are often 90 feet in length and this block is used to print the top)
Inventory Description Carving, wood printing block, Kalachakra mantra one side, Good Fortune other
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Additional Geographic Terms China, Southwest: Sikiang, near
Dimensions Overall: 24 x 14 x 1.7 cm (9 7/16 x 5 1/2 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-20-60/3328

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