100% 925 Silver Tibetan Gau Box Pendant Buddhist Medicine

100% 925 Silver Tibetan Gau Box Pendant Buddhist Medicine Buddha Green Tara Manjushri Buddha Pendant Tibetan Buddha Box This vintage silver gau has a lot going on! The front looks like a lovely floral mandala reminiscent of a Victorian locket. The rear has a Tibetan character on it which is presumably to bring protection and good luck to the wearer. The beautiful silver pendant in this necklace is an antique age Tibetan prayer box called a ghau/gau. The top of an old / antique age Tibetan prayer box is usually made of silver and Tibetan women carry written prayers and other items of personal protection in their ghau. The prayer box and its contents are believed to offer powerful protection from harm and to bring good fortune into the life. Tibetan men and women wear jewelry all of their lives for adornment, for religious purposes and for the protection that the jewelry brings. Frequently Tibetan jewelry contains symbols of animals and deities. Tibetans believe that by wearing these symbols the properties of those things are passed on to them. Measurements in diameter 2.5” and 0.5” deep