For Tibetans, carrying a Gau Box or Amulet expresses devotion, faith, and identity and is an essential tool for spiritual practice and everyday life. These spiritual and cultural treasures have a long and rich history dating back to the 7th century when Buddhism was introduced to Tibet.

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In Tibetan Buddhism and Bon, a gau is an amulet box, often gilded or painted, that contains sacred objects like images, mantras and dharanis, relics, tsatsas, and medicinal pills. Tibetans often wear gaus on a cord around the neck, or slung across the shoulder.

Big Gau boxes are brought by pilgrims when traveling long distances. They are carried like a bag or attached to a belt around the waist and these travel altars can have amulets, pictures and a Buddha statues inside them. Tibetan paper amulets wrapped in …

Amulet Box (Tibetan: ga'u): portable shrines generally made from metal in a repousse style of construction. The purpose and function of an amulet box is for general protection and protection when traveling.

A gawu box can be taken wherever one goes and used to invoke protection from the Buddhas and Dharma Protectors. The importance of Gawu in Tibetans' daily life is equal to the amulet for people of Han Nationality. In general, the Gawu is a kind of silver, gold or copper small box.

The amulet box’s multilayered scrollwork and delicate figurative details testify to the accomplishment of the craftsmen who made it. Selective gilding further amplifies the preciousness of the work.

Tibetan Ghau Boxes (Gaus or Ghaus), are 'hidden box' lockets that were traditionally worn by pilgrims and used to carry an image of Buddha, prayers, or Tibetan medicine. Our selection is handcrafted in Nepal from genuine 92.5 sterling silver and inlaid with various gemstones.

A Gau (also spelled Ghau or Gao) is a Tibetan Buddhist amulet container or prayer box, usually made of metal and worn as jewelry. As a small container used to hold and carry powerful amuletic objects, the Gau is culturally equivalent to Latin American package amulets, African-American conjure bags or mojo hands, South American charm vials, and ...

A Gau or Gao is a Tibetan Buddhist amulet container or prayer box, usually made of metal and worn as jewelry and decorated with mantas and semi precious stones.