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Tibetan ritualistic tantrik thigh bone horn

Genuine tantric Buddhist ritual instrument known as a kangling used by practitioners of Chöd.

Made from a human femur, this kangling or thigh bone trumpet from Tibet has engraved silver covering the epicondyle end which serves as the sounding end of the horn.

This piece is from a Monastic order that produces human bone instruments for Chod practicioners and other Monasteries. This is the style prefered by Chod practicioners and supposedly has human skin covering the end, however we believe the skin to be from a yak or other animal (?). The Tibetan Kangling was part of the traditional ritual kit of a Lama in a Himalayan village.

Made of the human thigh bone, the 'spirit evoking' trumpet known as the Kangling. A ritual object of Tantric Buddhism, and used at the time of tantric ceremony. Used in the Chod ritual 'Cutting off of Ego', and various dubthab rites. The Chod ritual appears to have its source during the shamanistic Bon period of Tibet, in the animistic cults relating to sacrifice and exorcism.

Played with the LEFT hand, and sounded in conjunction with the double-sided hourglass shaped drum made from a pair of human crania the Damaru. Because of their special qualities, they tend to be used in rituals concerned with wrathful deities or in contexts requiring special musical expedients. Used to drive away evil spirits, and used by 'naldjorpas'(adepts of the Short Path), to 'summon' spirits. Often used in conjunction with a Phurba (ritual dagger) for weather control in the summoning and cessation of rain.
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