Just an interesting note, a Phurba is featured in the 1980s era movie starring Eddie Murphy, titled The Golden Child. Ironically, based on its appearance in this movie, and the lack of utilitarian use, I passed up the chance at buying one many years ago, as I figured it was just some stylized movie prop. Now after this post, I regret that decission, though I suppose there were good chances it was a mass made knock off.
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