Samten Incense Tibetan Maydi Mushaad Frankincense The piece references the Indian

The piece references the Indian or chank shell (Turbinella pyrum) that has been carved and decorated across the Indian Ocean trade region for at least three thousand years

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Samten Incense Tibetan Maydi Mushaad Frankincense The piece references the IndianA handrolled Tibetan tradition incense built on Himalayan roots, aromatic wood, resins and vetiver. The darker, earthier blend of the cluster soft mineral and root vegetable notes with a vetiver close. Twenty one bamboo less sticks per tube, approximately thirty minutes each. Samten is the Tibetan term bsam gtan, literally sustained or concentrated attention. The Sanskrit equivalent is dhyna; the word travelled east as chn in Chinese and zen in