A conch shell, which the 18th century ruler of Mysore Tipu Sultan is said have blown to signal at the beginning or end of a battle, has now become a big draw for visitors at Bharat Kala Bhavan, a ...

The shell was perforated below this new opening so that a tube, perhaps of bird bone, could be inserted to support a mouthpiece. When played by a musicologist , the conch produced the notes C, C ...

An ancient conch shell that was usual as a musical instrument has been played for the first time in 17,000 years. ... An artists drawing of how the shell might have been used.

A conch shell found in a cave used by the Magdalenian people of the late Upper Palaeolithic was originally thought to be a cup, but a new analysis suggests they used it as a kind of horn. That ...

Hear the Musical Sounds of an 18,000-Year-Old Giant Conch The shell was played for the first time in millennia after being ... leaving behind wall art and various objects, including the conch.

Huge works of art are standard fare at the Vancouver Biennale — the exhibition regularly includes large-scale sculpture that confronts the audience in big ways. But this year, the giant anvil ...