Snail horn shell trumpet (Hindi: Sankh, Sanskrit: shangka, dung-dkar, Tibetan: Ya chyü dungkar; Chinese: Yu hsuan pai-lei) is an important ritual object in Hinduism and Buddhism.
The conch shell is used in religious ceremonies to drive away evil spirits and demons, playing it, or having it played, is considered an act of great merit.
In Tibet it is one of the eight symbols of good luck.
In Hinduism, sound is associated with the primordial sound Om, the sound of creation.
Our twisted shell, with the spirals facing from left to right, as tradition dictates, hand-worked, is covered in “white metal”, an alloy based on copper, tin, nickel, silver.
The finely embossed metal is set with turquoise and coral stones. (7 cabochons)
and is covered with a mosaic of smooth turquoise tiles, in the centre, an addition of a brass circle (1.5 cm.) with the Om symbol inside, also in brass wire.
It is 13 cm long, 6.5 cm wide. It weighs 225 gr. Period: circa 1950.
Made in Nepal by skilled craftsmen in a traditional style.
