Antique Burmese wood carved Nat spirit angle statue

Description

Antique Burmese wood carved Nat spirit angle statue
This Burmese wood carved Nat spirit angle statue
was estimates found in 19th Century Burmese period. It was made of one piece of log and hand carved of full stand figure and painted with the natural dark Lac tree pigments, and also decorated a fulfill of small color mirrors in any of costumes place.
It is size 36.5 inches High by 5.5 inches Wide by 6 inches Length and weight 9 Kgs. or 20 Lbs.
It is a good condition , rare, and an original piece.
It will be shipped by Thailand Post which it may takes 3-4 weeks or depending in postage to arrive to a buyer. Any question please email to my message to contact me. Thank you.
Meaning of Burmese Nat
:
Nat
, in Burmese folk
religion
, any of a group of spirits that are the objects of an extensive, probably pre-Buddhist cult; in Thailand a similar spirit is called
phi
. Most important of the
nat
s are a group collectively called the “
thirty-seven,” made up of spirits of human beings who have died violent deaths. They are capable of protecting the believer when kept properly propitiated and of causing harm when offended or ignored.
Other types of
nat
s are nature spirits; hereditary
nat
s, whose annual tribute is an inherited obligation; and village
nat
s, who protect a
community
from wild animals, bandits, and illness and whose shrine is attached to a tree or pole near the entrance to the village. Most households also hang a coconut from the southeast pillar of the house in honour of Min Mahagir, the house
nat
.
Nat
s are appeased by offerings of food or flowers, given on all important occasions. Among the special
nat
festivals are those honouring the Taungbyon brothers—a prominent, rather rowdy pair of
nat
s said to have been executed in the 11th century—and the king of the “thirty-seven,”
Thagya Min
, associated by scholars with the Indian god Indra (known in Myanmar [Burma] as Sakka).