Help with possible origin

ariel · 1st April 2006, 09:16 AM

I remember seeing Tibetan praying wheels and armoires with similar designs and colors.

Alan62 · 1st April 2006, 12:52 PM

Thank You Yuanzhumin and Ariel,
I do feel it is from before the 30s for sure as it shows definate signs of age.
There is an oval with some letters, I think, on the other side but it is so faint that I cannot make it out. I have highlighted the oval with green dots and I think I see "RUSIN" if you look closely at the bottom of the oval.Maybe it is some kind of import mark or something

yuanzhumin · 1st April 2006, 02:21 PM

I also thought of Tibet and even Mandchuria, whose writing is very similar for the neophyte like me. But after careful thinking, I abandonned the tibetan option. It's very subjective, I have to say. May be I'm completely wrong.

But the fact that there is latin or even cyrillic letters on the other side of the drum could corroborate the mongolian option, in the 20's/30's.

Alan62 · 1st April 2006, 02:59 PM

Thank You Again Yuanzhumin

1st April 2006, 09:16 AM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	I remember seeing Tibetan praying wheels and armoires with similar designs and colors.

1st April 2006, 12:52 PM	#2
Alan62 Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 164	Thank You Yuanzhumin and Ariel, I do feel it is from before the 30s for sure as it shows definate signs of age. There is an oval with some letters, I think, on the other side but it is so faint that I cannot make it out. I have highlighted the oval with green dots and I think I see "RUSIN" if you look closely at the bottom of the oval.Maybe it is some kind of import mark or something

1st April 2006, 02:21 PM	#3
yuanzhumin Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ex-Taipei, Taiwan, now in Shanghai, China Posts: 180	I also thought of Tibet and even Mandchuria, whose writing is very similar for the neophyte like me. But after careful thinking, I abandonned the tibetan option. It's very subjective, I have to say. May be I'm completely wrong. But the fact that there is latin or even cyrillic letters on the other side of the drum could corroborate the mongolian option, in the 20's/30's.

1st April 2006, 02:59 PM	#4
Alan62 Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 164	Thank You Again Yuanzhumin