Featured Silver tubular rattle pendant? Cremation?

So I received this silver tubular pendant with two bales - does not open but looks like it originally did open then was soldered. There is a rattle inside like another container or something? It did test as sterling but that doesn't mean a lot since it was a quick scratch test and could easily be plated. Does this looks like it would be for cremation purposes? It is kind of 'crude' or hand-made looking. One of the nibs on the end is not centered like the other and then there are the bales. I have seen a lot of the tubular type pendants and they were Navajo - nothing like this though. Might not even be a pendant. Measures approx. 1.25 inches.
Thank you for looking!

 

Might hold a prayer.

 

Hum.....would that be a small scroll or paper in a container then sealed? There is definitely something else in the tube enclosed in something.

 

That's my thinking.

 

It doesn't look American to me.....

 

I just found this https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/44309402_a-tibetan-silver-pendant-prayer-holder-with-raised
Relieved it doesn't contain ashes!!!!
Quick question - are you not suppose to open them? This one seems like it is soldered?

 

I know @Any Jewelry has been taking a respite from the site, just 'lurking' sometimes, but maybe she'll see her knowledge could be used here. Definitely a prayer box/locket. They seem nearly always to be described as Tibetan, but suspect they are used in other Himalayan Buddhist cultures as well. This is where we need AJ. Maybe if I make enough misstatements we can lure her in.

 

Here's a rather elaborate one with a description -
https://www.etsy.com/listing/115491..._query=prayer+box+necklace&ref=sr_gallery-1-7

 

I've seen quite a few threads were I felt the need to sign in, but didn't.
This time I will, since you were kind enough to risk your excellent reputation by volunteering misstatements.

It is either an Indian or a Middle Eastern prayer or amulet box. The two are related and I see no features to make a definite ID either way.

That one is 100% Yemeni. A Yemeni 'hirz'.

Tibetan amulet boxes or ghaus are flat boxes in different shapes, sometimes a flattened roundish shape, but never tubular.

Some you can open, others not.

 

And there you have it, folks. Thank you, thank you, Ms. @Any Jewelry

 

Thank you so much Ms. @Any Jewelry!!! Really appreciate you chiming in!

 

Well done Bronwen!

 

AJ.....to the res-Q..!!!