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 China, New Guinea, Africa, and South America.  These things are from his privet collection, none were bought for the purpose of reselling but rather to decorate his home.   Many new items will be listed as they are unpacked from storage along with a wonderful collection of photographic prints including many wildlife photos and prints of tigers photographed in China.

 

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 Turkey, and scoured the New Guinea Highlands in search of missing American heir and adventurer Michael Rockefeller.  He has also lived and worked in the jungles of New Guinea for over two years while collecting material for his books and records.

 

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 Maldive Islands and The Red Sea.

 

In addition to several years in New Guinea, he has organized and/or participated in photographic expeditions in Kenya and Tanzania, in Brazil and Columbia, in Turkey and some of the more remote islands of the south pacific. "On board the forty-foot ketch, the "Marquesa", we were the first yacht to visit the remote island of Ua Pou, in the Marquesas in almost two years.