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TWO BONE MALAS WITH THOGCHAK Thogchaks are found objects, treasured by Tibetans for their
Himalayan Art Resources item nos.61690 & 61691 talismanic powers, always metal and usually of great age and wear.
82 cm (32 1/4 in.), the larger Originally they may have served as fastenings for chests or belts.
Heller has written extensively on the subject, drawing on examples
HK$40,000 - 60,000 with similar motifs. See Reynolds (ed.), From the Sacred Realm, New
York, 1999, pp.60 & 79, pl.35; and Heller, Early Himalayan Art, New
Delhi, 2008, pp.112-3 & 130, nos.34 and 43.
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Both malas comprised of 108 bone beads. One with agate and
bone guru beads and a copper alloy pendant khying thogchak. The
other with two wooden marker beads and and a copper alloy Acala
thogchak.

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