# @themcmullen on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CvkZ9wYu94o
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/8163398-themcmullen-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-08-05T16:00:35.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** McMullen Museum (@themcmullen) — https://gondola.cc/themcmullen

## Caption

With one month left until the McMullen's fall reopening, we wanted to offer a sneak peak of our newest exhibition, "Gateway to Himalayan Art." This piece is "Handheld Prayer Wheel," made in Central Tibet in the early 20th century. This beautifully adorned piece is made of silver and wood.

"Gateway to Himalayan Art" introduces the main forms, concepts, meanings, and religious traditions of Himalayan art with objects from the collection of the Rubin Museum of Art, New York. The exhibition will be comprised of sculptures, Tibetan scroll paintings (thangkas), ritual implements, medical instruments, and instructional paintings, as well as a stupa and prayer wheel. The commissioning, creation, and use of such objects are tied to the accumulation of merit, religious advancement, and hopes for wealth, long life, and well-being. 

We hope you are as excited for this exhibition as we are!

#GatewaytoHimalayanArt #McMullen

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