| Object Number | 29-130-183 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tibetan | Buddhist |
| Provenience | Tibet |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Iconography | Kalachakra Monogram | Dragon | Tiger | Snow Lion | Garuda |
| Inscription Language | Tibetan Language |
| Description | Wood block for a prayer. The block depicts the four supernatural animals, a garuda, a dragon, a tiger, and a snow-lion who guard the four cardinal directions. In the center is a symbol of the ten stacked syllables of the Kalachakra (Tibetan: nam chu wang den). Rectangular with small knob at center of one end. |
| Length | 23 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | O 278 - Sommerville Oriental Number | 17 - Other Number |
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