A vintage Tibetan hand made yak bone prayer amal containing 108 beads plus a larger Guru or head bead. The beads are alternately inlaid with bits of truquoise and red coral and wrapped in metal. During prayer, the beads are rotated and counted along as recitations and mantras are chanted, starting with the Guru bead. The mala has been liberally coated in yak butter, which is also burned in the temples and also used as a preservative and lubricant...

A late 19th to early 20th century Peruvian Amazon Shipibo face bowl, hand painted with geometric meander design in tan, black and earthen red on terracotta redware wood fired pottery. The surface is glazed or sealed with clear resin. The inside finished in brown and black with incomplete coverage of pigment and resin. Very good condition for age, with a few minor glaze chips and two spots near the face where the pigment has also been chipped off...