Bell

Museum number:
5-6104
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
Cow bell; tin can open at one end; two wire clappers; cloth and hide tied through top. Tied to a strap around cow’s neck. Found in deserted Masai village.
Donor:
Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Olorgesailie, Kenya
Culture or time period:
Maasai people
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-6104, described as Cow bell; tin can open at one end; two wire clappers; cloth and hide tied through top. Tied to a strap around cow’s neck. Found in deserted Masai village.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-6104, described as Cow bell; tin can open at one end; two wire clappers; cloth and hide tied through top. Tied to a strap around cow’s neck. Found in deserted Masai village.

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