Large Wooden Prayer Beads with Fabric Tassel and Silk Pouch

Large Wooden Prayer Beads with Fabric Tassel and Silk Pouch

1800-1894

pouches; prayer beads; wickerwork

Buddhism

Basket, Buddhist rosary of brown wood and white and blue beads, and a pouch made of red silk with an elaborate embroidered pattern. The embroidery is typical of China.

East Asia

wood (plant material); cloth; silk (textile); wicker

9.5 x 6.5 x 2 inches

Turner, William Patillo (Purchaser) ; Candler, Warren Akin (Funder)

Oxford College Library (Oxford, Ga.)

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