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Posted by HALTER on August 31, 2011 at 8:40am
Silver, cornaline,Mala, Central AsiaDescription:A pretty setting made up of a pendentive turkmene, a cotton pampille and silver elements and a Mala from Tibet (necklace itself)Mala is the rosary of the Buddhist, the object from which the practitioner almost never separates, holding it with the hand or rolled up around the wrist.The Mala is first of all a utility object: it is used as tactile support with the recitation of Mantras, at the same time as it is used to count them if one fixed oneself to repeat a definite number of it.Weight:213grLenght:39,3inchesDiameter:3,4inchesanother photo will follow for a better view of the tibetan mala...www.halter-ethnic.com
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