idiofon, klocka

Klocka (sanskrit: ghanta) av brons. Handtag och klocka är gjutna var och en för sig och är fästade till varandra med en sprint. I klockan sitter en kläpp. Handtaget är upptill dekorerat med bajra (sanskrit: vajra), Indras åskvigg. Klockan ingår i den prästerliga ritualen, den har hinduiskt ursprung.

Enligt Generalkatalogen kan klockan också användas av en dukun (medicinman) och kallas då klènèng.

"...the coppersmiths and copper casters of the Banjar Budaga in Klungkung worked for the open market. The main customers for their products, forged or cast out of brass or red brass, were priests of all categories, whose demands for cult objects and attributes could only be met by them.
The Hinduistic type of bell (ghanta) that accompanies the recitation of the mantras is numbered among the best known specialities of the copper casters of Klungkung. These bells have artfully decorated handles in the shape of Indra's thunderbolt (bajra), Wisnu's weapon (cakra), Siwa's bull, etc. The material for such bells generally came from fragments of the keys of old metallophones.
In Banjar Budaga, Brahmana priests of the Buddhistic (padanda boda) and Siwaite (padanda siwa) sects bought the lamps on two connected feet (padamaran) and the tripods (tripada) used as bases for round holy water containers (swamba) and incense burners (pasepan) that were all typical of their ritual. The feet of such pieces were often decorated with figures of lions (singha). The special attribute of the padanda boda, the thunderbolt bajra, was also produced here.
All these cult objects were for the most part made using the so-called lost wax technique. A model made of beeswax and exactly corresponding to the desired object was first covered with a mixture of clay, burnt bran and water. After this thin layer was dry, another layer, this time made of clay, was put on. When the cast, too, was dry, it could be heated over a fire until the wax flowed out through holes left for that purpose. Now the clay cast was fired. After it had cooled, liquefied metal could be poured into it. Finally the clay shell was smashed and the object appeared." (Ramseyer, Urs. 1977. s.66)

Andra föremål som ingår i den prästerliga ritualen i denna samling:

Skål (swamba), 1938.30.444
Lampa (padamaran), 1938.30.114
Kanna (kenceng, enligt Generalkatalogen), 1938.30.113
Kanna (kekenceng, enligt Generalkatalogen), 1938.30.120
Rökelseskål (pasepan), 1938.30.115
m.fl.

Skador:
Klockan har korroderat.