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Description: | Dril-bu, handbell used in Tibetan Buddhist ritual. Cup-shaped, brass clapper bell, with sides flared towards the rim. The exterior of the cup decorated with bands of symbolic designs round the principal axis: 7 syllables in Lantsa (?) script, one repeated twice; a band of horizontal ritual sceptres; 16 law wheel symbols enclosed within lotus (?) flowers; a band of vertical ritual sceptres round the bell mouth. Jointed handle, with inscription in Chinese, surmounted by a crowned head and a five-pronged half-sceptre. The interior of the bell with three syllable in Lantsa (?) script. Iron clapper suspended by metal rings. Overall height: 312 mm. Diameter of bell mouth: 112 mm. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | 'Cham: Tibetan dance drama dril-bus handbells copper alloy | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-6150 |
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