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    Posted 12 months ago

    julius0019
    (27 items)

    I purchased this object at a yard sell, where the family was selling off items from the estate of an avid world traveler. I am hoping that someone from the CW family can help me with any information on the piece. It looks to have Persian symbols.

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    1. dav2no1 dav2no1, 12 months ago
      Appears to be a Tibetan prayer wheel..pretty common.

      Here's some explanation..

      https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-asia/himalayas/tibet/a/prayer-wheel
    2. julius0019, 12 months ago
      Thank you so much dav2no1! You are absolutely right and I was way off thinking that it was Persian. I really appreciate you...
    3. dav2no1 dav2no1, 12 months ago
      You're welcome. Keep posting interesting stuff as you find it.
    4. jscott0363 jscott0363, 12 months ago
      Great work identifying this Tibetan prayer wheel Dave!!
    5. apostata apostata, 12 months ago
      this is probably yak bone not human femur shafting fortunately ( for havens sake know what you buy !!!!

      thought it was Dzongka, because it looks more Buthan than Nepali , but it aint , so i don,t know



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