Northern Vietnam Hill tribe Tobacco Box skull earrings and casting a benevolent gaze

and casting a benevolent gaze to his petitioners

Hand formed brass over copper beads

For the Naga

overcome by despair

Northern Vietnam Hill tribe Tobacco Box skull earrings and casting a benevolent gazeNorthern Vietnam Hill Tribe Tobacco Box circa Mid 20th Century "Heavenly Dragon" images are symbolic creatures in the folklore and Mythology of Vietnam. According to an ancient Myth of Origin, the Vietnamese People are descended from the union of a Dragon and a Fairy. To Vietnamese people, the Dragon brings rain, essential for agriculture. It represents the Emperor, and the Prosperity and Power of the nation. Like the Chinese Dragon, the Vietnamese