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HIMALAYAN SACRED OBJECTS GALERIE INDIAN HERITAGE FREDERIC ROND

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Page 1: G A L E R I E I N D I A N H E R I T A G E H I M A L A Y A N · Hindu ritual in Hampi where a mix of cremation ashes and rice has been placed on the top of a stone pillar in order

H I M A L A Y A NSACRED OBJECTS

G A L E R I E    I N D I A N   H E R I T A G E

FREDERIC ROND

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Shamans, Timal (Nepal)

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H18

Bird shaped bolto adorned with lizards.

H18 (side view)

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Man holding a red kite in Lachen (Sikkim), 1938.

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Hindu ritual in Hampi where a mix of cremation ashes and rice has been placed on the top of 

a stone pillar in order to attract crows and to free the soul of the deceased.

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H47 (side view).

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H90

Wooden phurpa 

represnting Vajrakila

(The god of the phurpa).

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H91

Rare wooden reliquary with 

four feet in the shape of 

phurpa.

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H142 (detail).

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H142 

Large (53cm) dhyangro handle in 

the shape of a Buddhist ritual 

dagger. Probably a Bön version 

of a Lamaist monastery drum.

H142 (side view).

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BUTTER CONTAINER

H176

The lid of this large (42cm high) butter 

container is similar to the upper part of certain 

phurbu (see H64 & H65). These two riders are 

probably benevolent spirits protecting the 

butter from curdling.

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H180

H181

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FASTENING RING

These fastening rings were used to stretch the cords that 

bound wedding trousseaus. The designs they are adorned with 

are similar to those found on ghurra's, as both probably come 

from the same region (the so called "middle­hills" of Nepal).

H182

H183

H184

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BUDDHIST EYESHADE

H193

This Buddhist ritual eyeshade was collected in Mongolia, a 

geographical provenance which is confirmed by the style of the 

silver skulls. There is an obvious connection between the 

above and the eyeshade of the Buryat shaman on the left 

(Buryats are a sub­group of the Mongols living in Siberia).

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H195

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H196

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H202

Wooden mask from West Nepal 

representing a Dhami (oracle/ shaman) .

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H203

Wooden guardian figure 

representing a Dhami.

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H205

Group of ex­voto in repoussé copper with a clay 

patina. West Nepal.

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Ex­voto and ritual bells fixed on a tree (Jumla, West Nepal, 2008).

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H218

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H218

Exceptional and large (35cm) 

ghurra showing a guardian deity 

and different creatures (fishes, 

monsters, ...) on each side.

H218 (back view).

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H232

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