Amulet Container (Ga'u) 1900-1920. Men wore this type of shrine-shaped amulet container when travelling, strapped to their waist or across a shoulder. The central opening reveals a stamped plaque in the form of the ‘Twenty-One Taras' a group of female deities who offer protection from various misfortunes. The front is decorated on each side with the ‘Eight Auspicious Emblems of Buddhism’ within scrollwork. Silver, gilded silver, copper and painted clay Tibet (Lhasa)

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