Lovely Small Tibetan Tsalki Watercolors - Sold Individually beautiful carved spoon but making one wonder a

but making one wonder a bit about the context in which this was made and hung

then in the 50s moved to Paris

this pin captures the sense of soaring pretty nicely I think--or

a pre-Columbian civilization located in modern day Peru

Plus an unused back

Lovely Small Tibetan Tsalki Watercolors - Sold Individually beautiful carved spoon but making one wonder aThough not at all my expertise, I do know that these small watercolors on heavyweight handmade paper are Tibetan Tsakli, or initiation cards produced as thematic groups or sets, they are traditionally used in initiations of young monks or during ceremonies as a visualization aid to invoke a deity or divinity or simply as a representation of the object of the offering ritual. On the reverse side of each is a handwritten inscription, I believe noting