[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Finial # Finial Used by Newar boys in the Kathmandu Valley at their ordination ceremony as monks. Boys become temporary monks for a short period of days or weeks as the Buddhist priesthood has been hereditary since at least the 17th century. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1700–1800 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-7-2009](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-7-2009) · Pramāṇa