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Human Bone Prayer Beads
OriginTibet
Date18th or 19th century
Dimensions11 1/2 × 2 1/8 × 1/2 in.
MediumHuman bone, copper, red agate and phurbu thogchak
Classification(s)
Credit LineRubin Museum of Art, Gift of Anne Breckenridge Dorsey
Object numberC2012.6.5
18th or 19th century
18th-19th century
early 20th century
Date unknown
19th century
date unknown
early 1970's
Date unknown
19th century
18th or 19th century
19th century
early 19th century