Lovely Small Tibetan Tsalki Watercolors - Sold Individually beautiful carved spoon in poor shape at this

in poor shape at this point

then in the 50s moved to Paris

Plus an unused back

where heads and figures and chickens and more commingle

this pin captures the sense of soaring pretty nicely I think--or

Lovely Small Tibetan Tsalki Watercolors - Sold Individually beautiful carved spoon in poor shape at thisThough not at all my expertise, I do know that these small watercolors on heavyweight handmade paper are Tibetan Tsakli, or initiation cards produced as thematic groups or sets, they are traditionally used in initiations of young monks or during ceremonies as a visualization aid to invoke a deity or divinity or simply as a representation of the object of the offering ritual. On the reverse side of each is a handwritten inscription, I believe noting