Great thread Radu!
Heres a small iron phurba & an old Tamang shamans drum out of my Nepalese collection. {Also a photo of a Tamang Shaman with a similar drum.}
The handle of the drum is like a large phurba with the same faces, makara ,snakes , thunderbolts etc.
I understand phurbas take something of the spirits they have pinned into themselves, & become entitys in thier own right.
Spiral
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