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Tibetan Silver-plated Pendant Prayer Wheel

EAMMM 2004.34

The use of prayer wheels in Tibetan Buddhism is well known. It is a way of sending the power of prayers out through the worlds. This miniature version could be worn around the neck, or elsewhere, and be turned at will whilst going about one's daily business.

This example is believed to have been brought back to England by a Christian missionary in the 1920s.

Material: silver-plated copper alloy; coral bead

Length: 27mm

Diameter: 15mm (over bead)

Date: early 20th century CE

Place: Tibet

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