Bell

Museum number:
5-7846
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050007846
Alternate number:
79 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Oxen bell; iron with iron clapper; rawhide loop through top; length: 10 cm; width: 7 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.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Moroto, Northern Region, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Moroto; Karamojong (Murdock 43:21)
Culture or time period:
Karamojong
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:
Dec. 1966
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bells (idiophones) and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-7846, described as Oxen bell; iron with iron clapper; rawhide loop through top; length: 10 cm; width: 7 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-7846, described as Oxen bell; iron with iron clapper; rawhide loop through top; length: 10 cm; width: 7 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.

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