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phurbu,nepal
Catalogue:
Vintage Arts:
Regional Art:
Asian:
Indian Subcontinent:
Himalayas:
Pre 1930 item# 1054353
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galerie Cecile Kerner
32475830042
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a wooden phurbu with three shaman heads on the handle ,blade with spiral motive coming out of a bird beak
from an old belgium collection
20cm
The phurpa is an implement that nails down as well as binds. It was thus by stabbing a phurpa into the earth, and thereby nailing and binding the evil spirits, that Padmasambhava, regarded as the inventor of this implement, consecrated the ground on which the Samye monastery was established in the eighth century. it seems very likely that in Tibet the ...click for details
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