Hand Carved Yak Bone Phurba, Tibetan Ritual Dagger

Smallest and finest Tibetan Phurba, yak bone carving
this fine art and rare. detail are amazing in this small size.
Hand work of Himalayan region of Tibet.

The phurba (Tibetan: phur ba; alternate transliterations: phurpa, phurbu, purbha, or phurpu) or kīla (Sanskrit Devanagari: kīla) is a three-sided peg, stake, knife, or nail-like ritual implement traditionally associated with Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Bön, and Indian Vedic traditions.

The phurba is associated with the practice of the meditational deity (Sanskrit ishtadevata, Tibetan yidam) Vajrakīlaya (Tibetan Dorje Phurba) or Vajrakīla .

Phurba: The ritual dagger symbolizes wisdom's ability to nail down and thus subjugate demons. It is the sharp point of wisdom fixed immobile onto goodness by the power of one-pointed concentration.
The Phurba, like a magic wand, is a protective symbol and is used in Buddhism to ward off negative influences.
It is used to ward off demonic forces - meaning demons, diseases, psychic forces. In Tibetan rituals, the shape of a demon is formed from fruits. There is purification through prayer, protection through putting on a ritual robe, invocation of the protective deities. Then follows a longer ritual in which mantras are spoken again and again and finally the Phurba is pushed into the fruit figure while calling out a "completion mantra". Fruits are used because fruits are carriers of life and can therefore absorb demonic forces on behalf of other life (e.g. the person seeking help).

Hand carved for Himalayan region of Tibet.

work of art. if you collected fine art it is one of them..