Four- to Five Inch Antique Singing Bowls with Hand-Loomed Himalayan Wool Mat, Mallet and Ringing Stick
Each bowl comes with a ringing stick, wood on one side and leather on the other for spinning the rim, a mallet, and a Himalayan wool mat.
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These antique singing bowls come from Nepal and India.
In the 1970s and 80s, many antique bowls made their way over the Himalayas to Nepal where they were sold to tourists or collected and shipped out of the country. That source for singing bowls has long since been exhausted.
These days the only sources for this type of antique bowls are the rural areas of the Himalayan Mountains and their foothills as well as the provinces of Northeast India.
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Going by the local name of “Thadobati,” the bowls are composed of bronze and were hand-hammered and etched.
Each one is different. Owing to their past use and hammer marks some of the etchings have softened, worn by time making each bowl unique.
Thadobati singing bowls with their tall straight sides and flat bottoms are the most popular style of singing bowl. By virtue of their shape, they have the largest sweet spot and are the easiest to play. Thadobati this size cover a wide range of tones from the lower fourth octave to the lower fifth.
The bowls are all selected for their resonance and harmonious layering of tones.
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Each singing bowl is labeled with a unique identifying number along with a sticker indicating the style, note, and octave. The packing slip will have weight, dimensions, musical note, octave, frequency in Hz, and overtone.
Each bowl comes with a ringing stick, wood on one side for high notes and leather on the other for spinning low notes off the rim. The mallet is for gently striking the bowl.
All prices are in US dollars.
This product ships direct from our US Supplier. Canadian and Intl customers are responsible for any additional duties, customs, and/or sales tax.