Description :Tsha-mas or ke gar is a belt made of beaten silver and is traditionally worn by the Tibetan women to fasten their Bakkhu from the waist.
Tsha-mas usually have five individual boxes of rectangular shape and fixed to the belt either of cloth or leather. Two pendant bracket (klo-song) issuing from the second and fourth boxes are common to the all Tsha-mas, and the first and last box have buckle and hook respectively. All these features of the Tsha-mas serves as a complete waist belt and reflects the elegance and rich imagination, and gives a fanciful appearance to the waist.
These belts are embellished profusely all over and the subject of the motifs are entwining creepers, two deers in repose action are regular feature in all the belts and the border is decorated with flower and criss-cross designs. The buckle and the hook too are decorated, a conch shell is studded among two swirls and a full blown flower with proportionate value is beautifully finished. Sometime a palbheu or endless knot of different dimension is also carved in the middle block, offering trays full of tormas are also the esteemed motif. The klosong or the bracket is sometime embellished with the serpent or the makara designs otherwise geometrical motifs are the common themes.
Source :Sikkim State Archives
Type :Ornament
Received From :Sikkim State Archives
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Tibet
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2019-10-31T15:14:38Z
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2019-10-31T15:14:38Z
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Tsha-mas or ke gar is a belt made of beaten silver and is traditionally worn by the Tibetan women to fasten their Bakkhu from the waist.
Tsha-mas usually have five individual boxes of rectangular shape and fixed to the belt either of cloth or leather. Two pendant bracket (klo-song) issuing from the second and fourth boxes are common to the all Tsha-mas, and the first and last box have buckle and hook respectively. All these features of the Tsha-mas serves as a complete waist belt and reflects the elegance and rich imagination, and gives a fanciful appearance to the waist.
These belts are embellished profusely all over and the subject of the motifs are entwining creepers, two deers in repose action are regular feature in all the belts and the border is decorated with flower and criss-cross designs. The buckle and the hook too are decorated, a conch shell is studded among two swirls and a full blown flower with proportionate value is beautifully finished. Sometime a palbheu or endless knot of different dimension is also carved in the middle block, offering trays full of tormas are also the esteemed motif. The klosong or the bracket is sometime embellished with the serpent or the makara designs otherwise geometrical motifs are the common themes.
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