Prayer flags

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Object Number 31-49-60/D3760.1

Display Title Prayer flags

Descriptions

Inventory Description Prayer flag, black inked design on white gauzy fabric, partially eroded

Classification

Art 2-D

Department Ethnographic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Asia / Tibet

Materials Fabric, Ink

Dimensions Overall: 25 x 21 cm (9 13/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object D/3760

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