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Horanāva

This Horanāva has a conical body and seven frontal tone holes, but no thumb hole. The body is made of buffalo horn, the funnel of bronze. At the tip there is a brass casing with a small eyelet, which has its counterpart on the pipe support with a small lip disc. A brass amulet hangs from another eyelet on the upper edge of the funnel. This represents the casket in which a molar tooth of Buddha, one of the most sacred relics of Buddhism, is kept in the temple of Kandy.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Länge: 284 mm
Objektmaß: 24 x 8 x 8 cm
Material/Technique
Horn (buffalo), Bronze, Brass, Palm leaf
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
VII c 1009

Provenance and sources

where
Asia [Kontinent]
Sri Lanka [Land]

who
Christian Schneider (1942-09-08 - 2021-06-20) - Former Possessors

Description
Donation, 2019

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