Live Auction 13757Seward Kennedy's Cabinet of Curiosities and The Tony Robinson Collection of Treen Drinking Vessels
A 'SACRED METAL' STAFF
Lot 114

A 'SACRED METAL' STAFF

TIBET, 19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER

Closed22 November 2016

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GBP 2,375

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A 'SACRED METAL' STAFF
TIBET, 19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER
In the form of a human leg bone, scratched twice with the initials 'D.J.'
45 ¼ in. (115 cm.) long

With Seward Kennedy, New York or London, 1971 or prior.

Specialist note

A note accompanying the staff suggests that the initials 'D.J.' it may refer to Dorje Jigje (Yamantaka) Monastery, Tsaparang. Staffs such as this were apparently used by both Bon and Buddhist lamas during rituals.