Moving on and selling off my collection....Offered for bids is a EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE OF AN AUTHENTIC18TH CENTURY ANTIQUE TIBETAN BONE KANGLING. The Kangling is used together withchod drums and the Kapala by Buddhist lamas and tantric practitioners called'chodpa' during the chod ceremony. Chod is a ceremony which is held in acremation ground or sky burial site whose aim is to help in the cutting ofattachment to the physical body and human existence. This Kangling is NOT ATOURIST ITEM... CARVED WITH DESIGNS ON ITS OUTSIDE OR COVERED WITH REPOUSE METAL, IT IS A TRUE CHOD RITUAL ITEM RITUALLY CORRECT, THE END IS COVEREDIN LEATHER WHICH IS USED TO PROTECT THE END.IT COMES WITH A COPPER MOUTHPIECE WHICH MAKES FOR EASY BLOWING AND ALSO HASPATINATED TO A DARK BROWN. Leather has its copper strap with loop to hand the brocade banner and is decorated with a turquoise and coral insets. Despite its age and use, the BONE IS STRONG ANDSOUND, bone has GREAT PATINA AND CONDITION IS AS EXPECTED IN A 18TH CENTURYKANGLING AND ONLY ATTEST TO ITS AUTHENTICITY AND AGE. PLEASE SEE PICS. Thewooden bases in the PICS are not included in the auction, only the Kangling isfor auction. This Kangling measures 13.75 inches long and 3 inches wide at theend. GREAT STURDY KANGLING, TWO OPENINGS AT THE END WHICH PROVIDE FOR ADEEP SOUND WHEN BLOWN, THUS GREAT SOUND QUALITY. Great POWERFUL ritual Choditem, great sturdy feel to it. AUTHENTIC KANGLINGS CURRENTLY ARE IMPOSSIBLE TOACQUIRE AND AN AUTHENTIC EARLY 18Th CENTURY KANGLING IS RARER. A once in alifetime opportunity to acquire such an extremely rare item AT AN UNBELIEVABLEPRICE.. Here is a rare and extremely beautiful example of a rare Tibetan ritualitem with proper patina on the bone. For display or for use, this genuineritual object lends a powerful authenticity to any collection of Himalayanartifacts. PICS speak for themselves. Please ask any questions beforeacquiring. For sale as I am moving on and selling my ritual items. This is areligious artifact that is being sold for religious and educational purposes. Per ebay rules I must state that this item is completely made of Yak Bone, a bovine of Tibet not an endangered animal, provided the sale of human bone items is prohibited on ebay and this auction would be ended. This item contains NO IVORY.As instructed by ebay the specific species of yak is the domestic yak (Bos grunniens), a long-haired domesticated bovid found throughout the Himalayas region of the Indian subcontinent, the Tibetan plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Rusdia. IT IS NOT AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.