Burmese Bronze Hintha Bird Opium Weight sancaiglaze Inca Culture

Inca Culture

and the iconic hand-knotted tree-bark fibre carrying bags known as noken or bilum

This scoria-carved figurine serves as a potent relic of Aztec religious devotion

Ceramic wares from the hundreds of kilns located along the Yom River in Si Satchanalai as well as from Sukhothai city were exported in vast quantities to Indonesia and the Philippines where demand was great

Burmese Bronze Hintha Bird Opium Weight sancaiglaze Inca CultureEarly to mid. 19th century, Burma (Myanmar), Southeast Asia A beautifully cast bronze opium weight in the form of a Hintha bird (Brahmani duck), with a six sided rounded base and faint verification mark of a six rayed star on the front. Three finely incised concentric lines encircle the top of the base. This weight represents an authentic market used example, richly patinated and full of character. The Hintha, or Hamsa, was the emblem of the Mon