Bell

Museum number:
9-17167
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
166 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3934
Description:
Bell; wedge-shaped piece of wood w/carved opening on bottom; three bronze (?) bells are strung on wire which extends through the sides; two bamboo pieces strung on wire as spacers; two rope handles attached through bell near top; two carved grooves all around bottom. L. 11 cm., W. 5 cm., W. 3 cm., Cattle bell.
Donor:
Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake
Collection place:
Laos
Verbatim coll. place:
Laos attr.
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
April 1, 1984
Context of use:
cattle bell
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 9-17167, described as Bell; wedge-shaped piece of wood w/carved opening on bottom; three bronze (?) bells are strung on wire which extends through the sides; two bamboo pieces strung on wire as spacers; two rope handles attached through bell near top; two carved grooves all around bottom. L. 11 cm., W. 5 cm., W. 3 cm., Cattle bell.

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