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Sold Date: 02/02/2011
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

Antique Karen Hill Tribe Bronze Fertility Amulets

A MUST HAVE FOR ANY REAL COLLECTOR

imported before august 2003

Authentic handmade 19 Century Bronze Fertility Amulets. Set of two bronze amulets expertly crafted by Karen Hill Tribe people who live in the border region between Burma and Thailand. Fertility Amulets like this have been made and used by the Karen Hill Tribe for centuries. They are believed by Buddhists and Animists to hold majical powers that increase the fertility of women and the verility of men.Note the gold leaf on the figures. Gold leaf is placed on the figures by believers when they pray to deities for fertility. I got them during a trip to the border region between Thailand and Burma where the Karen Hill Tribe live from the Karen woman in the photo with the hat. These figures were brought from Burma into Thailand by the Karen people when the migrated. I have included a brief history of the Karen People below.

Clarification: $100 for one pair of figures (male & female).. two pairs are available.

Dimensions: Can be seen in the photos.

Weight: approx 100-110 grams each

Size: approx 2 inches in height.

Materials: Bronze.

Age: 19 Century.

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BRIEF HISTORY OF THE KAREN PEOPLE

Karen believe they came from a place they denote a "Thibi Kawbi". Some feel that this is their representation of the lands of Tibet and southern Gobi desert. However during the 18th century the Karen began to move southward, across the Salveen River from Burma to the Thai Payap (old northern kingdom of Siam).

The Karen, like our American Indians, do not recognize the political borders of the regions in which they live. Thus you will find both tribal sects transversing across the borders into Burma and Tibet for family and economical purposes. This leaves no little problem to the operation of border patrols in the countries involved. Many times in their history they been caught between warring factions in their traditional habitats and been forced to feed and clothe rebel forces and regular troops alike or suffer death.

Currently there have been no large migrations of Karen into Thailand. However there are the occasional nomadic movements of whole Burmese Karen villages over the border.

It was the people called the Yuan of the Thai Payap that helped the Karen move into Thailand and near another Thai tribal group called the Thai Lawa (Lua). Today many Karen villages are near the hospitable Lawa settlements and there has been a natural exchange of cultural ethics and crafts. Like most of Thailand, dissimilar peoples live peacefully near each other.