A digital archive showcasing the extensive collection of jewellery and adornment images shared on the former Ethnic Jewels Ning site over the years. These images have significantly enriched discussions on cultural adornment and its global dispersion.
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ID assistance please! This is solid silver, 416 grams with gilt Buddhas. It has fantastic detail. I believe that it may be Bhutanese, but I'm not entirely sure. I would also love to know the function of a piece like this.
very nice artefact
me too would love from where it comes and what it was used for!
Hillary, these look like the five Dhyani buddhas .. for meditation. The fishes are one of the 8 auspicious symbols of Buddhism ... particularly where you have two fish together .. and can be found on many gaus.
Very nice item! and very interesting comment by Thelma. Nice to learn this!
The size and shape of this lead me to wonder if it might be a manuscript cover for a book of sacred texts.
Sutras were kept in a long book with an ornate cover like the photo I have posted below. ( from Google)
Here is another manuscript cover.
Toya, That makes a lot of sense with the size of this piece. Thank you! I'm still not sure from which Himalayan country or ethnic group though.
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