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Amulets are made in very limited batches and commonly commemorate the passing of a highly venerated monk. Amulets produced by monks at temples are consecrated which entails the mixing various materials that is in turn pressed by hand into custom wooden moulds. All through the process…
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- Item Number: O-1582
- Provenance/Origin: Thailand temple
- Composition: Metals, bronze specifically, glass, enamals
- Dimensions: 1.75" tall x 1.125" wide x 0.5" thick
- Weight: 0.5 pound
- Price: $ 145.00 USD
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This large amulet is not really a scarab, even though the scorpion is strongly associated with scarabs. The reason is that scorpions are common on the belly side of scarab beetle figures.
Scorpions like this are associated with the Egyptian goddess of Serket. She was…
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- Item Number: O-1352
- Provenance/Origin: Heliopolis artisans. Circa 1950 - 1960s
- Composition: Stone, perhaps limestone
- Dimensions: 6" long x 3.25" wide x 2'' tall
- Weight: 1.75 pounds
- Price: $ 118.00 USD
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Detail: The Bidayuh are indigenous peoples found in southern Sarawak, Borneo. This amulet created from Sus Scrofa (wild boar tusk) and a carving in deer horn forms a trophy nearly 360 degrees in shape. The carving is of a Naga or dragon head. This pendant would…
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- Item Number: O-0244
- Provenance/Origin: Borneo. Elder or Shaman pendant. Circa mid-1900's
- Composition: Boar tusk, deer horn
- Dimensions: 5.5" at widest
- Weight: .25 pound
- Price: $875.00 USD
