Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Silver box and cover, accession number 9-11997a,b, described as charm-box, shrine shaped; a) box has copper sides, repousse silver front or cover with Buddhistic symbols including endless knot, conch shell; central cut-out area in front for image (missing); 2 metal loops on each side; b) copper back, shrine-shaped; container for charms; worn on journeys and kept on the household altar at other times. Thong (missing) would pass through metal loops. According to Professor Lewis Lancaster, Oriental Languages Department, UC Berkeley (ca. 1976) this type of charm box is made in Nepal