Japanese Antique Rosewood Mala Prayer Bead String 800 Beads With Alms Bowl, 283″w
$695.00
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Rare find 24 feet long Mala Prayer Bead String plus original wooden alms bowl with its original attached triangular shaped stone ojime.
A huge antique communal 24 foot prayer bead necklace consisting of over 800 handcrafted wooden hard wood beads with a large central largest diameter “Guru bead” and strung on woven natural fiber. Wear on beads and their suspension holes.
Lengthy necklaces such as this were often used in Buddhist ritual prayers such as Juzu-Mawashi and sometimes carried by Samurai as protective amulets. (See photos)
Meiji period, early 20th century
Dimensions:
Average diameter of small beads .6 inches
Dimensions of largest Guru Bead: 1.2 inches
Dimensions alms bowl: 3.12 inches
Full length 24 feet (283 inches).
We guarantee you will love this bead necklace!
Only one available.
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