Tibetan Silver-Mounted Conch Shell Trumpet (Dung-Dkar)
A Tibetan ritual conch shell trumpet (dung-dkar) dressed with a worked silver mount, sounded in monastery ceremony to summon the assembly and proclaim the teachings across the Himalaya.
The white conch, dung-dkar, is one of the eight auspicious symbols of Tibetan Buddhism, and a mounted conch trumpet is sounded to call monks to assembly and to proclaim the dharma. This example car...
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The white conch, dung-dkar, is one of the eight auspicious symbols of Tibetan Buddhism, and a mounted conch trumpet is sounded to call monks to assembly and to proclaim the dharma. This example carries a finely worked silver mount over the natural shell.
Both a musical instrument and a sacred emblem, the ritual conch is among the most evocative objects of Himalayan monastic life.
