Tibetan pierced iron belt

Tibetan and Himalayan warrior equipment truly stands out in its aesthetic design. A combination of the same materials was used from the early 1500’s until the mid 20th century and their techniques hardly changed within this long amount of time. The main techniques are gold damascened ironwork and fire gilded copper with lavishly chiseled designs.

The Tibetan style, mostly originating from Derge was populair for centuries, included in China where similar craftsmanship was made for the local and Tibetan market.

Our sword belt is made of leather with fine chiseled steel fittings and pivoted D-rings to attach sword, flint pouch and knife. The decoration shows a false interlooping design of scrolls with segmented borders and the buckle shows a fine rolling cloud pattern.