Framed Vintage Kalaga Tapestry No.20 - Thagyamin Nat Cloaks Specifications: 9cm ø × 15cm

Specifications: 9cm ø × 15cm

This exquisite hand-crafted ceramic Tree of Life is full of colour

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

the highest ranking nat in traditional Burmese Buddhist belief

The Mayans believed that 13 different gods created humanity from maize so it is virtually impossible to say which of the 13 this figure represents

Framed Vintage Kalaga Tapestry No.20 - Thagyamin Nat Cloaks Specifications: 9cm ø × 15cmThis 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