Hand-Painted Tsatsa Pendant — Miniature Tibetan Buddhist Guardian in Leather Frame Decor That is part of the

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Hand-Painted Tsatsa Pendant — Miniature Tibetan Buddhist Guardian in Leather Frame Decor That is part of theTsatsa are small clay Buddhist figures Tibetan practitioners have carried for over a thousand years. This version updates the form: a hand painted, hand sculpted clay relief seated inside a leather shell, stitched by hand around the edges. The figures are miniature but the detail is close to what you'd find in traditional thangka painting. Small enough to wear daily. Real enough to mean something. What a Tsatsa Is The word tsatsa refers to a pressed