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Naga necklace Five Brass Figures and Two Fish Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: India: Pre 1930 item# 922156 (stock# 19518b)
click for details		Himalayan Antiques $285
This is an unusual Naga necklace with five cut-out full male figures flanked by a fish pendant on either side. Take a close look at the faces and you will see that each of the brass pieces is unique. The cutting out of the voids is an unusual extra step which had to have been done individually by hand and indicates the care to which the craftsman went. The necklace is strung with traditional orange cylindrical Naga glass beads. ...click for details

Nagaland Headhunter's Necklace with Three Heads Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: India: Pre 1950 item# 919284 (stock# 20476b)
click for details		Himalayan Antiques $550
In traditional Naga society the wearer of this necklace had to have taken three heads. Since the Naga gave up headhunting by the middle of the 20th century, we are dating this necklace as pre-1950 though it is probably considerably older. A 21 inch string of black, yellow and green beads attaches to loops on either ends of the brass heads. The three heads together measure 5-3/4 inches in length. Not including the t ...click for details

Naga Nagaland Necklace with Brass Ornaments Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: Pre 1970 item# 916296 (stock# 17419b)
click for details		Himalayan Antiques $110
This is a necklace without an opening about twenty inches long. It consists of a string of white heart beads and nine old brass pieces. One of the pieces represents a human face and the others represent leaves, melons, or abstract shapes. The brass ornaments all show good age, with nice wear on the backs and also where they hang from a string. They are considerably older than the date we estimate for the necklace and bear no relationship to the new brass items now coming out of Nagaland. They va ...click for details

Shaman's Phurba from Nepal decorated with tassels Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: Himalayas: Pre 1950 item# 899061 (stock# 22473-3)
click for details		Himalayan Antiques $750
This kind of wooden phurba is found mostly in the foot hills and higher mountains of Nepal's Himalayas. We have never seen one which could be convincingly assigned a Tibetan origin although often they are mislabeled as Tibetan. Of all the hundreds of phurbas we have handled this one stands out as one of the most outstanding. It has a wonderful patina, the carving is expressive, and the cloth dangles lend it ...click for details

Carved Wooden Ghurra from Nepal Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: Himalayas: Pre 1960 item# 897293 (stock# 22438a)
click for details		Himalayan Antiques $85
Serving the simple function of holding the churn handle upright while butter was being made, these carved household objects from Nepal have evolved into a unique design and aesthetic with religious overtones. In fact a 461 page book has been published on the subject. Although all the ghurras have been sold, our Trocadero item number 327665 includes a photograph of a ghurra as used in butter-making and a cover photo ...click for details

Tibetan Carpet Horse Trapping Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: Himalayas: Pre 1940 item# 718038 (stock# 23977)
click for details		Himalayan Antiques $125
Woven like a pile carpet this piece was used by Tibetan horsemen to decorate the forehead of one of their horses. The central decoration is a vase holding a norbu (flaming jewels). Around it are groups of jewels. The piece is in good condition except that the edges would originally have been bound with cloth. Instead it has been carefully s ...click for details

Tibetan or Nepalese Gau with Contents Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Pre 1950 item# 705942 (stock# 20206b)
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Decorated on the face with the All Powerful Ten Syllables of the Kalachakra mantra, this gau still contains its original contents. It is fashioned out of copper, which has acquired a beautiful old patina. It was intended to be hung from a cord or to be stood upright. It is in excellent condition. It measures 4 x 4-3/4 inches (10 x 12 cm.) The contents remain undisturbed.

Tibetan Meditation Carpet Endless Knot Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: Himalayas: Pre 1920 item# 705926 (stock# 22409)
click for details		Himalayan Antiques $950
This kind of small rectangular pile carpet could have been used in a monastery or a domestic meditation room, or it could even have been used as the seat part of a saddle set. A very similar one is shown as pl. 239 in Tibetan Rugs, White Orchid Books. The carpet is in good condition, natural dyes, and no reweaving. It measures 26-1/2 by 24 inches (67 x 61 cm.)

Brass Naga Headhunter's Necklace - 2 Heads Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: India: Pre 1940 item# 705231 (stock# 20466f)
click for details		Himalayan Antiques $325
This is an old piece as can be seen from the patina and the wear on the back. The red glass beads are no doubt a more recent addition, but the value of the piece is in the double brass heads which have an entirely different feel from the new brass work now found on the market. The brass measures 4-1/2 inches across and 3 inches high. The beads are 21 inches.

Amulet Tibetan Silver and Gilt copper Gau Catalogue: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: Himalayas: Pre 1920 item# 688588 (stock# 23673a)
click for details		Himalayan Antiques $350
Tibetan gau boxes come in a variety of sizes and shapes, but this is one of the most common form of the larger gaus. It was made to be either placed on an altar or worn on the person. The two lugs on either side allow for a strap so it can be easily tied around the waist or hung over the shoulder. A gau of this size can hold a wide variety of objects, all of a sacred or protective nature. This could in ...click for details

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