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A 'mani' or prayer wheel, a common ritual object used in Tibetan Buddhism: a device made a handle (here a simple wooden stick) supporting a hollow cylindrical drum on a spindle. A small metal weight, attached to one one side of the drum with a cord, allows the wheel to spin with a slight rotation of the wrist. The drum in his case is of hammered metal, with incised patterns of Buddhist auspicious symbols.
Tibetan (Tibetan (culture or style))
Prayer Wheel (Mani Wheel)
1833 – 1932
Gift of the Estate of Maxine W. Kunstadter in memory of Sigmund Kunstadter, Class of 1922
1983/1.423
An example of a 'mani' or prayer wheel, a common ritual object used in Tibetan Buddhism: a device made a handle (here a wooden stick, with simple incised line designs) supporting a hollow cylindrical drum on a spindle. Here the drum is elaboratedly decorated with rows of inset turquoise stones, as well as a row of Sanskit letters in bone.  A small weight of bone attached to one one side of the drum with a metal chain, allows the wheel to spin with a slight rotation of the wrist.
Tibetan (Tibetan (culture or style))
Prayer Wheel (Mani Wheel)
1833 – 1932
Gift of the Estate of Maxine W. Kunstadter in memory of Sigmund Kunstadter, Class of 1922
1983/1.424
A white vase decorated with a landscape design that includes houses, trees, hills, bushes, and people. The vase has a long, thin neck and an everted rim. The foot of the vase is wide but very short.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Vase with Landscape Design
1800 – 1966
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Rowe for the James Marshall Plumer Memorial Collection
1970/2.108

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Yao Ritual Scroll
1800 – 1966
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Bass of Kabaco Tools, Inc.
1983/2.124

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Yao Ritual Scroll
1800 – 1966
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Bass of Kabaco Tools, Inc.
1983/2.125

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Yao Ritual Scroll
1800 – 1966
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Bass of Kabaco Tools, Inc.
1983/2.127
Varying rows of lines in pinks, blues, reds and browns with a white background.
César
Pons, original lithograph included in the May 1961 edition of "XXe siècle" no.16
1933 – 1966
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
2013/2.573
There are two separate drawings. The first is a colorful drawing of a gathering of people wearing formal attire. They are depicted as caricatures, with large heads. The other image is a sketch of three people, side by side. On the left, a woman is shown from the back; she wears a coat, hat, high heeled shoes, and carries an umbrella under her right arm. There is a man in the center, shown from the side. He is mid-step, and wears a coat, hat, and boots; he has a mustache. The sketch on the right appears to show the same woman that is depicted on the left, but from a side angle.
George Grosz (German (culture or style))
The Gay Cafe
20th century
Gift of the Lannan Foundation in Honor of the Pelham Family
1997/1.90
This print portrays an owl in a more abstract way.
Kawano Kaoru
Untitled [Owls]
1933 – 1966
Bequest of Alva Gordon Sink
1998/2.29
Shoe with a leather sole attached to a cloth lining with metal tacks. The outside of the shoe is covered in multi-colored beadwork; the toe has a pattern of zig-zags in orange, black, and white while the sides and upper flaps have an interlacing pattern in cream, red, blue, and orange. The top of the shoe is bound with red cloth along the edge. 
Yoruba (Yoruba (culture or style))
Oba's Slipper (One of a pair)
20th century
Gift of the Honorable Jack Faxon
1998/2.63.1
Small round ceramic plate. Brown and green, mostly a matte finish.
Old Mashiko Ware
Small Plate
1867 – 1966
Gift of Ann Holmes
2013/1.299
Red with pink, white and yellow flowers. Long bridges and dark tree limbs in the background.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Quilt Cover
1933 – 1966
Gift of Lara Kusnetzky
2013/2.19
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