Shiva Small Framed Pentagon Patri Amulet Fossil including villages and their inhabitants

including villages and their inhabitants

Shell: Shiva's Eye

These goddesses fused together in blinding light from which arose a magnificent goddess with many arms

RI by Gary deBlois

Shiva Small Framed Pentagon Patri Amulet Fossil including villages and their inhabitantsMetal: Silver Length: 1 1 8" Width: 3 4" The antique silver amulet, or patri, is anchored in an ancient Indian tradition of village and tribal art. This is rural art that has given a voice to women, to the tribe, and to the lowest caste villager. The icons are about connection with nature as well as connection with the vital energy of creation. Traditionally, amulets have been objects that were thought to bestow the owner with the properties, powers