Aleksandr Koshevoi, Amulet Box
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Kovaeva, Bair
Churyumov, Anton
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Aleksandr displays an old amulet box that he found at the place where the Iki-Chonosovsky temple stood in the past. He relays a story he heard from his grandfather about that temple. This happened sometime between 1910 and 1913 when his grandfather was a young boy. He witnessed the cremation of a monk in that temple. After the ceremony the Kalmyks took pinches of the monk's ashes and put them in small leather bags. Inspired by his find, Aleksandr made an amulet box from brass. He supplemented it with a small statue of Buddha made from clay and a small bag to keep the amulet box inside. This amulet was consecrated by the Dalai Lama's oracle himself when he visited Kalmykia. Aleksandr has produced four amulet boxes so far.
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Sponsored by Arcadia Fund, a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin.