Old Tibetan Travel Prayer Temple
…beautiful collection and display piece
Old Tibetan Travel Prayer Temple
…beautiful collection and display
piece
A wonderful Tibetan Ghau, a prayer
box or charm box from Tibet. These Gua boxes are worn by Buddhist peoples
living in other central Asian Countries as well. These portable shrines were
made to contain a small image of the owner’s personal deity when traveling.
They can also contain written prayers, miniature paintings, relics or special
amulets, medicinal herbs that are designed to protect the individual from evil
spirits when traveling. The shrine which holds the image of a Deity or Buddhist
is made of copper, silver or brass decorated with beautiful repousse' work and
placed in a woven bag that can be worn over the shoulder. In a Tibetan
home a Gua is kept on an altar. This is a unique gift to give to someone,
use it in your home or travel with it.
Please see detail photos which form
part of the description… STU/D59
The
measurements are
Size: Approximately
12 cm High X 5 cm Thick X 9.5 cm Wide
Please email me with any questions
NOTE
Many of the items for sale at Jim’s International Bazaar
were collected by Jim on his around the world adventures as an author, photojournalist,
and photographer. They include Turkish rugs, copper and brass, and
artifacts from
ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER
James Anderson
is an internationally renowned photojournalist and
adventurer, with two major photographic books (New Guinea & Cannibal), plus
covers and major spreads in a whole host of internationally prestigious
magazines from Life International to The Geographic and Argosy.
He's been shipwrecked in the Pacific, wrestled camels in
A blue-water yachtsman, he sailed his own 60ft yacht, the
"Moana Vahine", from Hong Kong to Southern Turkey, down the South
China Sea, across the Indian Ocean, and up the full length of the Red Sea, via
Singapore, Panang, Sri lanki, The Maldive Islands, and French Djibouti. An avid
diver and spear fisherman, he mounted a series of diving expeditions in The
In addition to several years in