Tibetan Gau

colin henshaw · 13th February 2017, 08:32 AM

Looks a nice old Gau, congratulations.

There was an interesting exhibition in the Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (England), a couple of years ago, on Tibetan Art & Culture. Additionally, a useful catalogue was published entitled "Buddha's Word, the life of Books in Tibet and Beyond", with a chapter on Gau amulets. Seemingly they would sometimes be worn in battle, as they were thought to render the wearer invunerable...

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13th February 2017, 08:32 AM	#2
colin henshaw Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,429	Looks a nice old Gau, congratulations. There was an interesting exhibition in the Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (England), a couple of years ago, on Tibetan Art & Culture. Additionally, a useful catalogue was published entitled "Buddha's Word, the life of Books in Tibet and Beyond", with a chapter on Gau amulets. Seemingly they would sometimes be worn in battle, as they were thought to render the wearer invunerable...