Framed Vintage Kalaga Tapestry No.20 - Thagyamin Nat Cloaks sharp teeth and flaming hair

sharp teeth and flaming hair

This large hand-carved elephant figurine is made from Rain Tree wood in a village around an hour outside Chiang Mai in northern Thailand

Specifications: 9cm ø × 15cm

the highest ranking nat in traditional Burmese Buddhist belief

This kind of material is often used to make the 'cortes'

Framed Vintage Kalaga Tapestry No.20 - Thagyamin Nat Cloaks sharp teeth and flaming hairThis beautiful kalaga tapestry depicts Thagyamin, the highest ranking nat in traditional Burmese Buddhist belief. A nat is a god like spirit believed to be either a human that was defied after death, or spirits of nature. This particular nat, Thagyamin, is considered as the King of Heaven, as well as the god of lightning, thunder and rain. He is the Burmese adaptation of the Hindu deities Indra. Here he is shown holding a yak tail fly whisk, known as