Big amulet box · India, Tamil Nadu · ID: 3033028
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Description
silver (226 g), elaborate decorated, delicately embossed and engraved, representing “Kirtimukha” (= " face of glory"), which should defend its owner from demonic attacks, screw closure, on metal base;
such large amulet boxes were worn by itinerant ascetics in Southern India. They contain holy scripts, yantras or relics from places of pilgrimage.