Antique Carved Oxcart Ornament, Burma/Myanmar (11168BLK) $395
$395.00H: 17″ W: 14″ D: 4.5″ | CALL 213-568-3030 OR EMAIL [email protected] FOR SHIPPING COST
As part of Burmese animistic and shamanistic beliefs hand built oxcarts were decorated with figurehead prows of mythical beings to guide the owner. Using their spiritual and magical powers they bestow good fortune and ward off malevolent spirits. The legendary figure here is probably a nat – a deified spirits of the deceased believed to have magical and protective powers seen on non religious items and in Buddhist temples, pagodas, home shrines, other spiritual structures throughout Burma.