Five-pronged vajra (gokosho)
19th century
Medium/TechniqueBronze; cast
Dimensions9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.) (length)
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number21.1561
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Not on viewClassificationsRitual objects
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Provenance1921 gift of William Sturgis Bigelow
late 19th century
Late 19th century
about mid-5th century B.C.
about 400–350 B.C.
about 400–350 B.C.
1927; cast about 1955
17th century
early 13th century
dated 1269 (Bun'ei 6)
9th–12th century A.D.
2nd century
late 2nd–early 3rd century A.D.