This is a hand hammered singing bowl in bell metal. The design is antique and simple, and there is no embellishment on the bowl. When you move the striker stick around this bowl, you experience a superior quality of sound resonance that also lasts longer. The vibration in this hand hammered bowl is high and many a time believers would put palms on both sides of this bowl for touch healing. Such antique design singing bowls produce harmonic overtones creating an effect that is unique to the instrument. The subtle yet complex multiple harmonic frequencies are a special quality caused by variations of the hand made singing bowls