(2) Tibetan Elaborate Hand-Hammered Copper and Brass Dungchen Horns. One slightly shorter than the other, but both bearing similar delicate vine and swirl patterns along with geometric shapes throughout the brass sections, and similar short ropes attached to a ring on one side. Both are extendable, in working order. 

Size When Extended: 68 1/2 x 7 x 7 in. 

The Tibetan horn or dungchen is a long trumpet or horn used in Tibetan Buddhist and Mongolian Buddhist ceremonies. It is the most widely used instrument in Tibetan Buddhist culture, and is often played in pairs or multiples, with the sound compared to the singing of elephants. It is likely that the horn and its unusual length evolved out of monastic and tantric Buddhist practices, specifically to capitalize on the terrain of the Tibetan mountain range which has incredibly resonant caves and valleys ideal for the echoing, bombastic sounds of horns and percussive instruments. Many models were made to be telescoping, for easy storage and transport.

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