Nepali Gau Box with Coral and Lapis Lazuli Furniture The inside of the bracelet

The inside of the bracelet is flat and

(both 83gr

and they weight 8gr the pair

Both hinged ends are decorated with ornaments

Nepali Gau Box with Coral and Lapis Lazuli Furniture The inside of the bracelet800 silver gau (also spelled Ghau or Gao) prayer box pendant adorned with a lapis lazuli in the centerand smaller corals on the bales. The back depicts a double dorje. This prayer box, onceopenable at the backside, is now not openable anymoreand is sealed. This kind of amulets are used to hold and carry powerful amuletic objects. As used in Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, and Mongolia, the Gau box usually contains a written prayer or a sacred yantra diagram