Framed Vintage Kalaga Tapestry No.20 - Thagyamin Nat Cloaks This large hand-carved elephant figurine

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

it works beautifully displayed flat against a wall

this brass and Himalayan quartz crystal statue depicts White Tara

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

the highest ranking nat in traditional Burmese Buddhist belief

Framed Vintage Kalaga Tapestry No.20 - Thagyamin Nat Cloaks This large hand-carved elephant figurineThis 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