Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)
4. Visual Works (hierarchy name)
5. visual works (works)
6. [visual works by function]
7. religious visual works
8. prayer beads

Additional parents:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Object Genres
4. object genres
5. object genres by function
6. ceremonial objects
7. religious objects
8. devotional objects

Anotations

Scope note:

Small, extravagant devotional objects, typically dating from the Middle Ages. A prayer nut is composed of two hemispherical pieces of carved wood connected with a hinge to form a round 'nut.' The halves of an actual nut shell, such as a walnut shell, may be used instead. The two halves customarily contain richly carved religious scenes.