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Palad Khik Amulet
Southeast Asian: Carvings: Ivory Pre 1960: item #987373 2127
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Abhaya Asian Antiques
Tel/Fax 852-29847509
$150.USD/$1100.HKD
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Rare phallic charm from northern Thailand. This is the only one I have seen carved from an elephant’s tooth. Originally these were worn by men at the waist and were thought to protect the wearer from any harm to his penis and in a more general sense they also are believed to bring luck especially in terms of “wealth generating or protection”, so one might be kept in your cash box to increase your cash flow or a woman might keep one in her purse to prevent it being “snatched”. These hav... Click for details
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