24. Hand Bell

24. Hand Bell
Bronze
Height: 13.5 cm
Nineteenth-twentieth century
Catalogue number 24.
Accession number 88.412.

Hand bells are rung before the image of the deity. They are held in the left hand and rung while the lamp is waved in the right hand and verses are chanted. This bell terminates in a figure of Garuda, Vishnu's vehicle.


Back to Previous Image Forward to Next Image

Up to Nalin Home Page