"Chank Shell Indian Ocean Silver Frame"
The "Chank", "Turbinella pyrum", is a shell from the Pacific Ocean, sacred in India by Hindus and Buddhists. Used as a musical instrument at home. it is also one of the heaviest shells in the world. Here, it is engraved and on a chiseled silver mount. We can guess small skulls all over the bird which goes around the biggest part in silver. beautiful object that can accommodate a base on a rod for the sublime! 
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