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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9845525, member: 2844&quot;]Yes, they range from very basic wooden ones to highly decorated metal ones.</p><p>Most wooden ones are genuine, used in ritual. Metal phurba that were made for use in ritual often have meteorite blades, though not always.</p><p><br /></p><p>By recent I mean post-1970, although I think this is later than that. One of the signs is the verdigris, which only became popular with replicas of ritual items in the late 90s.</p><p>So post-Cites, which is why I hope it isn&#039;t ivory. This is one of the issues when you&#039;ve been told that something is old/antique, but it isn&#039;t. But you have found us now, so now you can always ask before you buy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Himalayan craftspeople rarely use treated stones. Access is one thing, but also a natural stone has a connection with creation, so that is preferred, even in a decorative phurba.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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