A collection of special antique Gau pendant from Tibet.

A collection of special antique Gau pendant from Tibet.Turquoise Gau pendant from Tibet are iconic piece of traditional Tibetan jewellery, deeply rooted in the spiritual and cultural heritage of the region. This pendant serve both as protective amulet and miniature portable shrines, and its a typically adorned with turquoise, a stone highly valued in Tibetan culture for its protective and healing qualities. A Gau (also spelled "Ghau") is a portable amulet box or locket traditionally worn by Tibetans.

Description

the general acceptation is that they were used as Khol flasks which was only very very very marginal

Protective

often passed down through generations as heirlooms

Wonderfully worn

Such a cross was worn either as a pendant around the neck

also called Peul

presented upon the return from pilgrimage to Mecca

This is the model generally adopted by the Chaoula women of the Aures

The pendants vary in size

A very fine old Amazigh women’s protective amulet from the early 20th Century

of great sobriety and geometric shapes