Bell

Museum number:
5-7860
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050007860
Alternate number:
90 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Bell; seed-shell of borassus palm; wooden clapper attached by piece of hide through top; height: 12 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.
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Moroto, Northern Region, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Moroto; Karamojong (Murdock 43:1)
Culture or time period:
Karamojong
Collector:
Mary Jean Aerni
Collection date:
Dec. 1966
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-7860, described as Bell; seed-shell of borassus palm; wooden clapper attached by piece of hide through top; height: 12 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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-7860, described as Bell; seed-shell of borassus palm; wooden clapper attached by piece of hide through top; height: 12 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.

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