Object name: Bell / Object type: ethnography / Culture or time period: African cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-7844, described as Oxen bell; iron with clapper; rawhide loop through top; length: 8.5 cm; width: 7.5 cm. Native name: ekandongot. Used for full grown ox, name-ox of adult man; tied to plaited ox collar; too expensive for all men to possess. Collected Dec. 1966.

Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-15676, described as bell (?), iron; elongated hollow cone; L 12.9 cm x Dia 1.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-7859, described as Bell; seed-shell of borassus palm; wooden clapper attached by piece of hide through top; height: 9 cm; width: 9 cm. Native name: Edukan. Used by men; hung around neck of cow or goat to keep track of animal & for adornment. Collected Dec. 1966.

Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-4215a, no description available.

Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-1802, described as Small metal bell on cord(angoñ mvu) ; 1 ¾" X 1" X 5⁄8" (4.42 cm X 2.54 cm X 1.59 cm) used as bell on hunting dogs.

Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-15677, described as bell, iron; flattened tube with elongated carrying or hanging hook; no clapper; L 11.0 cm x 3.7 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-6807, described as Bell; natural tortoiseshell; 2 wooden clappers attached by leather strap tied through hole in top of shell; h, 5.5 cm; l. 12.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-4215a,b, described as 2 sets of brass bells (ngurlele); each bell has lineal designs on exterior; metal pellet clapper and loop; each set is 2 bells strung together with copper wire. Worn around neck or on chains by men and women at festival hudok and by women on market days.

Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-7848, described as Oxen bell; iron with iron clapper; rawhide loop through top; length: 17 cm; width: 14 cm. Native name: ekandongot. Used for full grown ox, name-ox of adult man; tied to plaited ox collar; too expensive for all men to possess. Collected Dec. 1966.

Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-7845, described as Oxen bell; iron with clapper; rawhide loop through top; length: 10 cm; width: 7.5 cm. Native name: ekandongot. Used for full grown ox, name-ox of adult man; tied to plaited ox collar; too expensive for all men to possess. Collected Dec. 1966.