Tibetan Dbang Dung Trumpet Sea Monster

Description

Copper ritual trumpet 20″ long (dbang dung),

Conically shaped descendent of the thighbone trumpet, always of metal, usually brass, and typically larger. Stylized sea dragon (makara) in brass with copper tongue. The sea dragon is viewed as a beast of great power and tenacity, symbolic of the cyclic nature of water and of human existence.