Handcrafted Forest Chime Seed Bell Mobile

The Forest Chime Seed Bell Mobile has a large dark, bell-shaped dried fruit husk with vertical ridges as its canopy.

Smooth dark chestnuts, pale beige stones and rough dried fruits hang in layers beneath the canopy at different depths, so they meet at slightly different moments and turn a single knock into a run of them. Hollow nuts striking each other give a deep woody clatter.

Hang the mobile from a tree, a window or a bag.

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Details

• Product: Hanging mobile chime
• Primary materials: Bell-shaped ridged fruit husk; dark chestnuts; pale seeds; dried fruit pods
• Construction: Handcrafted
• Sound profile: Deep, hollow, woody clatter
• Stated uses: Tree or window hanging; bag charm
• Variation: Shell selection, texture and tone vary between pieces; shells range from shiny and smooth to matte and sponge-like