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Part a is a case of heavy brown leather, rounded at the top and bottom edges with rounded protrusions below thick blue silk cord which is threaded through horizontally. Parts b-d are three tapered, hollow, brown-stained, cylindrical bone holders which are found inside case.
Ritual trumpet known as kangling (རྐང་གླིང་།). One end is a large darkened thigh bone, dark brown with two holes bored through one end. The other end is capped with a metal cap with a small hole in its centre. Half of the thigh bone towards the metal-capped end is wound in gold-coloured metal wire; running from this wire towards the other end are four decorative bands of metal with raised designs that, excepting the central band, are each set with three red and blue stones or minerals.
Double-sided drum made of two human skulls known as thod-rnga (ཐོད་རྔ) and also known as damaru (ཌ་མ་རུ་), but the latter also refers to double-side drums made of different materials. The skulls are placed top to top with each opening covered with skin. A decorative metal band with raised patterning and red and green-coloured round stone-like objects mounted on it covers the joint in the centre. Attached to the metal band is a length of twined string with an egg-shaped, pitch-covered weight at the other end.
A hollow bone whistle with one end cut diagonally and four small holes along one side with five horizontal decorative lines.
Thin cylindrical piece of bone that has a recessed area and a knob at one end and a metal loop with beads strung onto it at the other end. White thread is wound around recessed area. Eleven small and two deep grooves go around just above recessed area; deep grooves are painted red; similar groove pattern at beaded end. A name, Caroline, is written lengthwise on bobbin in small dots; line of alternating red and green larger dots on other side from name. The beads vary in size; the colours of the beads in order are: pink, clear, pink, white with painted flowers, clear, pink, and clear.
Thin, cylindrical piece of bone that has a recessed area and a knob at one end and a metal loop with beads strung onto it at the other end. White thread is wound around recessed area. A small groove goes around just above recessed area; four more are below metal loop; grooves are painted red and black. Lengthwise on bone are three lines of writing in red-painted dots. The beads vary in size; the colours of the beads in order are: amber, red, multicoloured, pink, amber.
Thin, cylindrical piece of bone that has a recessed area and a knob at one end and a metal loop with beads strung onto it at the other end. Two deep grooves go around just above recessed area; two more are below metal loop; grooves are painted red. Lengthwise on bone are two lines of writing in red-painted dots that are separated by lines of larger, black dots. The beads vary in size; the colours of the beads in order are: red, clear, red, clear, clear, clear, red, clear, and red.
Made out of nuts in three parts covered with nine dangling strands of bone, possibly that of vertebrae, that have a conical bone at each end. The top is covered with strands of hide. There is a piece of hide underneath the bone strands, which are also decorated with a white, red, and white bead at the top and middle.
Long grey-brown bone harpoon that tapers to a pointed tip. Wider end is incised at an angle.
Partially decorated shadow puppet. Arms are articulated at shoulders and elbows with bone joints. Decorative cutouts are at hair, waist, skirt, hands, and feet. Black paint has been applied to the face; white paint has been applied to areas of the regalia; rest of surface has been painted yellow. Both sides of the puppet are painted yellow with white, only one side has black paint.