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Shawm; Gialing
Double-reed pipe with conical bore, with 7 + 1 finger-holes. Bronze bell decorated with heavy silver mounts ("niello" ). Wooden conical pipes decorated with seven bronze rings bearing semi-precious stones (some missing). Quasi-holmos and pirouette intact. (Chain for pirouette missing and replaced by ribbon). Interior surface of bell painted red.
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Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge - Inventory number:
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Asia; South Asia; Himalayas; Tibet