In villages across India, cattle bells much like these have long been used to call herds home at dusk, their bright, uneven ring drifting across open fields.
The number nine holds weight in Eastern tradition, often linked to completion and wholeness — the close of one cycle before the next begins. Layered across two tiers, each bell answers the one above in overlapping tone.
Bells are among the oldest tools for clearing space, used across cultures to mark thresholds, open ceremonies, and part currents of stagnant air.
Hung by a door, window, or garden post, this piece turns passing wind into a small, unscheduled pause — a small summons to presence.
