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Very special and beautiful these bazu bands!
i like them very much as well, i think they belonged to the same person, for they are quite similar in the verses engraved
anyone have more info about the exact use of these? were they simple talisman holders or were they used in special times such as wars.....? for men, women or both?
Ifind it odd for a man to wear such big ornaments
These have always reminded me of Jewish tefillin which Jewish men wear when they pray. I am assuming they are used at prayer, don't have any proof of this. The work on these looks Persian, I have not seen examples from Central Asia.
It is interesting to note, I think , that bazuband are actually protective armor for the upper arm, I believe Middle Eastern in origin . I am assuming here that the protective armor element of these examples is symbolic as they appear to be amulet holders. If they are, in fact, modeled after protective armor, than two bazuband would be appropriate since we have two arms.