Rare Tibetan Kangling In Femur And Silver Early 20th Century

Rare and superb Kangling in human femur and Tibetan silver decorated with floral and geometric patterns and small colored beads with coral and turquoise.
This beautiful ritual instrument dates from the beginning of the 20th century.

kangling:
The rkang-gling ("femur trumpet") is used in particular to scare away evil spirits.
It can also be used to ward off hail. The bone, supposed to come from a person who died a violent death, is left to dry before being pierced.

The kangling (Tibetan: 开F含5, Wylie: rkang gling), is a wind instrument from the aerophone family which literally translates as "leg" (kang) "flute" (ling), the Tibetan name for a trumpet or a horn.
This small Tibetan bone trumpet should not be confused with the Tibetan oboe called gyaling or with those of the Mongols.

cf Wikipedia

Dimensions: 32 cm long.

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