Gilded and silver-plated copper mounting. Length 30,5 cm.
Damages.
Compare; "A shrine for Tibet, The Alice S. Kandell Collection", Marylin M. Rhie and Robert A.F. Thurman, p. 246.
Conch shell horns are blown during rituals as a sound offering. The metal "shield" and decorations make it more practical to utilize the shell, which might otherwise be broken, or not be of the right shape or size.