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NEPALESE SHAMAN'S DRUM AND BEATER (Item No. Sound A01)
Price including postage: £295.00 (UK) £330 (World)
Origin: Nepal
Age: 5 - 15
Overall Length: 690mm approx
Width: 370mm approx
A well made traditional Nepalese Dhyangro shaman's drum with a carved wooden phurba handle. The drum does not have a lot of age, and has a good sound and is in excellent condition. It comes complete with a traditional bent bamboo drum beater which represents a naga serpent.
TIBETAN BUDDHIST KANGLING TRUMPET (Item No. Sound A02)
Price including postage: £695.00 (UK) £725 (World)
Origin: Nepal or Tibet
Age: 25 - 50
Length: 300mm approx
A human thighbone kangling trumpet. This is a well made kangling with a white metal mouth piece and knuckle end. The knuckle end is decorated with dragons and patterns and small skulls - one of which is missing - around the end. There are two faux coral beads set into it.
It is a attractice looking instrument, a rare example, which is easy to play with a good sound. Suitable for chöd or other ritual practice.
TIBETAN BUDDHIST KANGLING TRUMPET (Item No. Sound A03)
Price including postage: £175.00 (UK) £195 (World)
Origin: China, Nepal or Tibet
Age: 10 - 20
Length: 330mm approx
A fairly recently made bone kangling [human thighbone trumpet. This is almost certainly not human bone. There are two pieces of bone joined by a white metal band in the middle, and a white metal mouth piece and an ornate white metal end which represents the joint end of the thighbone. this joint end section does not have any bone in it.
It is an attractice looking instrument and it very much looks like an ornate human bone kangling, and with the prices of human bone kanglings skyrocketing to astronomic prices in recent years it does give an oportunity to have a kangling that 'looks the part'. With many people using wooden or resin kanglings nowadays, due to the rareity and cost of proper human bone ones, this bone trumpet is an excellent alternative.
It has a strong sound.
TIBETAN BUDDHIST TELESCOPIC COPPER TRUMPET - Zangs Dung (Item No. Sound A04)
Price including postage: £165.00 (UK) £185 (World)
Origin: Nepal or Tibet
Age: 30 - 70
Length when Extended: 508mm approx
A beautiful old copper ritual trumpet in lovely condition, which is very decorative.
A good instrument for ritual practice.
TIBETAN BUDDHIST COPPER TRUMPET (Item No. Sound A05)
Price including postage: £85.00 (UK) £98 (World)
Origin: Nepal or Tibet
Age: 30 - 150
Length: 382mm approx
An old copper trumpet with a makara (sea monster) head upon it. It is a little bit dented here and there, but still robust and has a good loud sound.
A good instrument for ritual practice.
MONGOLIAN SHAMAN'S JAW HARP (Item No. Sound A06)
Price including postage: £42 each (UK) £46 (World)
Origin: Mongolia
Age: New Years
Length of harp: 78mm approx
Jaw harps are essential pieces of equipment for Mongolian and Southern Siberian shamans. They are used in much the same way as drums, they can help a shaman go into trance. They are often decorated with cloth tassle with beads or amulets on and these are used to bless people and transfer healing power.
These are well made, traditional traditional Mongolian brass framed jaw harp, which come with a wooden block to protect the metal tang of the harp. Good instruments for shamanic use.
JAW HARP (Item No. Sound A07)
Price including postage: £25 each (UK) £32 (World)
Origin: Nepal
Age: 20-50 Years
Length: 84mm approx
Jaw harps are essential pieces of equipment for Mongolian and Southern Siberian shamans. They are used in much the same way as drums, they can help a shaman go into trance. They are often decorated with cloth tassle with beads or amulets on and these are used to bless people and transfer healing power.
This is a typical small hand forged iron jaw harp, a type found in many regions in Central Asia, and it has a good sound. It would be very suitable for use in shamanic practice or just as a musical instrument in its own rights.