Description
Tibetan Ceremonial Conch Shell (SANKHA)
The Conch Shell as a Spiritual Symbol and Devotional Ritual Object is an important tool for ceremony in the ‘Tibetan Buddhist Tradition”, it’s proper name is SANKHA. . . . . .Today , the SANKHA is used in Tibetan Buddhism to call together Spiritual Assemblies, and during the practice of rituals, it is used as a musical instrument and as a Container for Holy Water.
This used of vintage ceremonial “TIBETAN CONCH SHELL” is imbued with the energy of the ceremonies it has performed and is adorned with silver and inlay ‘Tibetan Turquoise’ which is a very fine vintage quality stones. The ceremonial conch shells is engraved with a Tibetan Auspicious Symbol,the PARASOL symbolizing the honoring of the Tibetan Buddhisim.SANKHA (Ceremonial Conch Shell) is vintage ,used, and has years of cosmic energy stored inside it.It has a devotional intention, and would make a Divine addition to any Sacred Space or Altar.
Hand etched Tibetan Auspicious Symbol.The Parasol hand etched into the shell. The Symbolism of the Parasol is related to honoring the Tibetan Goddesses who offer proctection from negativity.
Scientific Name:Busycon Contrarium
Busycon Contrarium (Conch, or conque), also known as a “seashell horn” or “shell trumpet”, is a musical instrument (often a signal instrument), a wind instrument that is made from a seashell (conch), the shell of several different kinds of very large sea snails. As described by instrument maker Bart Hopkins, such shells are a “gift from the sea that provides a natural conical bore is conch. Conch shell trumpets have been played in many Pacific Island countries, as well as South America and Southern Asia. They produce warm, full, and far-carrying tone.”[1]
The shells of large marine gastropods are blown into as if it were a trumpet, as in blowing horn. A completely unmodified conch may be used, or, “a mouth hole is created either by breaking off the point of the shell (for end-blown conches) or by boring a small hole in the body (for side-blown conches). Wooden, bamboo, or even metal mouthpiecesmay be inserted into the end of the shell.
Note:
1)Western Valampuri
2)Religion Ceremony usage
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