(Photograph) - This Tibetan conch-shell trumpet, dating from about 1800, brought Buddhist monks to prayer. The jewelled metl wing does not hang down, it stands up. From “Exploring World Art” by Andrea Belloli (Frances Lincoln, pound;14.99)
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