LARGE TIBETAN NECKLACE - Turquoise and Coral Necklace with Unusual Large Pendant order - Handcrafted in the Tibetan Diaspora of Nepal

This unusual vintage necklace was handcrafted during the late 1900's in the Tibetan diaspora of Nepal.

MEASUREMENTS (1 inch = 2.54 cm):
Necklace Length = 20 inches
Center pendant dimensions = 2.5inches long x 2.25 inches wide x 3/8 inch thick
Weigh = 5.1 oz
Shipping Weight = 11 oz
TM Image Library = 4-2-2022

It has 5 strands of turquoise beads, with a large unusual pendant in the center.

The pendant was sturdily made of 30% silver, and does not bend.

Its stones include honey amber, coral, lapis lazuli, and inlays of turquoise.

There is a simple hook-clasp at the back.

In excellent condition, it has a warm age-patina, with virtually no wear-patterns. Never worn.

Comes order in a gift-box.

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About the TIBETAN DIASPORA: The Tibetan diaspora is a term used to refer to the communities of Tibetan people living outside their original homeland of Tibet. ... Over 100,000 Tibetans live in exile, with large numbers living in India, Nepal, and Bhutan.

After the Chinese occupation of Tibet was sanctioned by the West in the 1950's, many Tibetans fled their homeland to escape persecution and to protect their Tibetan cultural heritage elsewhere.

Even today, some parents in Tibet send their children to communities in the diaspora to receive a traditional Tibetan education and preserve their way of life. ©