Rare Antique Museum Quality Carved Stone Bowl from the Swat Valley,Pakistan old silver and turquoise jewelry

Rare Antique Museum Quality Carved Stone Bowl from the Swat Valley,Pakistan old silver and turquoise jewelryIn the beautiful mountains of Swat near the Afghan border I found some amazing hand carved stone bowls. I had seen the bowls in a local village and due to the language barrier I did not understand they were stone but thought they were fired ceramic. The next morning I walked out the rustic hut I had slept in to find the man with the bowls sitting outside. He lifted the bowls out of a bucket of water and said Stone .. He had learned the English word

Woven from homespun wool

he was initially told that the kanaga mask represents a bird with white wings and black forehead

He lifted the bowls out of a bucket of water and said “Stone”

In the carving of this stool

“For the pre-Hispanic Cultures

the artists poured molten metal directly into a cast in the ground called a puddle mold

and also assimilates all communities irrespective of caste

Age: Early to Mid-20th Century

Super light & great smooth backs

The beautiful colours and and delicate work is so hard to capture with the camera

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Age: Circa Early to Mid 20th Century