Feb 29, 2020
Entry into Jerusalem (upper) with the Carrying of the Cross (lower). Prayer bead.
1515
Fruitwood with metal fitting
Netherlands
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Entry into Jerusalem (upper) with the Carrying of the Cross (lower). Prayer bead.
1515
Fruitwood with metal fitting
Netherlands
Grow.
Prayer bead in the form of a skull
Queen of Sheba Visiting King Solomon; Adoration of the Magi. Prayer Bead.
1500 – 1530
Boxwood with metal fittings
Netherlands
NDLEA Thwarts Cocaine Smuggling Attempt Hidden in Prayer Bead
Long Pastel Stars Rosary
Tibetan Old Lama’s Skull Mala Buddhist Kapala 108 Prayer Beads.
Photograph by Cory Richards
A lama holds a mala, or Tibetan rosary, used to keep track of prayers and mantras in a ritual to foretell the future. He follows the religion of Bon, which predated Buddhism in ancient Tibet and is still practiced in a few areas of Mustang.