What is it

[jtw1313]

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[oldsilver]

wax seal for letters?

 

[Icewing]

It's Hindu, the symbol that looks like an odd 30 is the symbol "Om".

 

[ARC]

It's Hindu, the symbol that looks like an odd 30 is the symbol "Om".

Correct.

 

[DCMatt]

OM Sri Yantra incense tray?

 

[taz42o]

Goddess lalita and as matt said the triangles are sri yantra.
will bring wealth when energized and properly placed .

 

[taz42o]

Hindu people must not metal detect.
, of the many hindu artifacts posted here over the years,
I have never seen a expert opinion on these items.

 

[unclemac]

some of these things are buried as prayers or offerings.

 

[Itsmine]

JTW. In your bottom picture, does that pattern look familiar? Looks exactly like the border of that rug/table runner you had from your other post about the cloth.

 

[vpnavy]

Until someone pipes in - I searched Google and found that Matt, etc. are correct (but they knew that already!)

Sri Yantra - The Sri Yantra is the visual expression of the sound of om. This pattern is seen by monks chanting the om. It has also been recorded electronically as a pattern which emerges...

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[mrs.oroblanco]

Not sure of size, etc., but that last picture makes it look like a chimney cover. Flue cover.(the kind you put over the hole in your house that had a wood stove.)