Ritual headdress consisting of five pentagonal plates with polylobed tops, made of silver (lower title), chased and openworked with interlacing decoration. In the centre of each plate is a golden Mahakala head surmounted by a golden Buddha figure in a different mudra for each plate. These are the five Dhyani Buddhas. They are mounted on a cardboard core covered with a red tinted paper on which appears a yellow inscription in Tibetan. The whole is sewn on a leather ribbon covered with red silk to tie around the head. Length of a headdress element: 52 cm- Two silver and metal filigree prayer book cover plates on silver plates . Decorated with a complex network of interlacing and Buddhist symbols in silver and gilded silver worked in repoussé as well as coral and turquoise cabochons. In the centre, an empty space probably originally contained a representation of the Buddha or a bodhisattva. The frame is decorated with openwork and gilded inscriptions in Tibetan alternating with cabochons set in coral and turquoise. Size of the covers : 31 x 9 cm ; gross weight : 997 gSome missing parts on the cover plates .