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Item: Ritual Object - Conch Shell

ཆོས་ཆས། 法器
(item no. 74319)

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Origin Location Himalayan Region
Date Range 1700 - 1799
Lineages Buddhist
Size 44cm (17.32in) high
Material Silver Inlay
Collection The British Museum
Catalogue # 1992.12-14.16, Schmitt-Meade Collection
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Object/Concept

Interpretation / Description

Conch Shell Trumpet.

M. Willis, Tibet (London, Duncan Baird, 1999), p. 66

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