Antique Gau box Old Tibetan Natural Turquoise Coral Sterling Silver Pendant
Ghau - Prayer Box Pendant. Ghau is a small prayer box worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines where prayers and sacred relics are kept and used during their travel to hold their sacred deity inside.
Now, Ghau or Pprayer Box pendants are often used as jewelry or personal adornment. They are used to carry prayers or prayer concerns or photos, poems, small items, or memories. Ghau pendants can carry your prayers near to your heart throughout the day. They are jewelry that has a history. The Ghau opens to a concealed inner space, and is traditionally used by Tibetan Buddhists to hold a picture of their favorite deity or Lama, a folded up scroll of sacred mantras, special herbs or sacred relics.
The Ghau is used as an amulet to help the wearer to ward off negative energy and attract blessings. A Ghau are also used as a portable shrine and are worn on a cord around the neck and hung close to the heart. Sterling Silver, red coral, turquoise. This item is in the category "Jewelry & Watches\Vintage & Antique Jewelry\Necklaces & Pendants". The seller is "unseen_pyramid" and is located in this country: TH.
This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Style: Pendant
- Antique: Yes
- Jewelry Department: Fine
- Metal Purity: 22k
- Main Stone: Coral
- Metal: Sterling Silver
- Brand: Antique
- Ethnic Origin: Tibetan