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A Pilgrim's Book of Temple Seals browse these categories for related items... Directory: Vintage Arts:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese:Devotional Objects: Pre 1950: Item # 716845
Sri Textiles 18 Eckford Street, 2A Brooklyn, NY 11222 tel 718-599-2559 Guest Book sold |
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| ca. 1930 5" x 3 1/2" x 1", 13 cm x 9 cm x 2.5 cm 32 pages This is a wonderful, small accordian book comprised of thirty-two pages, of which twenty-one are stamped and written on (yielding forty-two surfaces of stamps). Used by pilgrims who were on a route of visiting a group of temples would present such a book at a temple; the temple priest would stamp the book with the temple's proprietary stamp and would write on the page a meaningful phrase related to temple and/or Buddhist doctrine. | |||||||||
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