Burmese Bronze Hintha Bird Opium Weight maternityfigure ” Their disappearance corresponds with

” Their disappearance corresponds with a dramatic return to aridity

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Cypro-Archaic Period I-II

a remote site hidden deep within the Ténéré Desert—known to Tuareg nomads as “the desert within a desert

The vessel rests gracefully on a shallow ring base

Burmese Bronze Hintha Bird Opium Weight maternityfigure ” Their disappearance corresponds withEarly to mid. 19th century, Burma (Myanmar), Southeast Asia A beautifully cast bronze opium weight in the form of a Hintha bird (Brahmani duck), with a six sided rounded base and faint verification mark of a six rayed star on the front. Three finely incised concentric lines encircle the top of the base. This weight represents an authentic market used example, richly patinated and full of character. The Hintha, or Hamsa, was the emblem of the Mon