Bell

Museum number:
5-6103
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
Goat’s bell; cow horn with one wooden and one wire clapper; strip of hide through top. Tied to a strap around the goat’s neck. Found in deserted Masai village.
Donor:
Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Olorgesailie, Kenya
Culture or time period:
Maasai people
Collector:
Ronald J. Clarke
Collection date:
1964
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 5-6103, described as Goat’s bell; cow horn with one wooden and one wire clapper; strip of hide through top. Tied to a strap around the goat’s neck. Found in deserted Masai village.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-6103, described as Goat’s bell; cow horn with one wooden and one wire clapper; strip of hide through top. Tied to a strap around the goat’s neck. Found in deserted Masai village.

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