BURMA / Burmese bronze tattoo needle counterweight, late 19t - Lot 47

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BURMA / Burmese bronze tattoo needle counterweight, late 19t - Lot 47
BURMA / Burmese bronze tattoo needle counterweight, late 19th century, depicting a Nat deity whose body is covered 360° by 7 moving monkeys, some of them obscene, hands (other monkeys?) coming from inside holding the monkeys, they represent the human character of the Nat divinity, with its human needs and even its taboo desires, the device is in 3 parts, with its needle and its metal support (copper alloy), length of the counterweight 22.5 cm (weight), total length of the mounted device 48 cm) - very rare.
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