Horse bell; Brown & beige band of woven yak's hair w/geometric designs & a leather strap & metal buckle, L. 72 cm, w. 4 cm. A brass bell & clapper is looped on band w/strip of leather. Diam. 6 cm, Red yak hair tied in 2 bunches surrounding the bell.
Donor:
Merritt T. Cooke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Nepal
Verbatim coll. place:
Nepal;; Manangi (coll.at Manang)
Collector:
Merritt T. Cooke
Collection date:
July 1985
Materials:
Brass (alloy), Hair (material), and Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Context of use:
Used to excited horse & make it run faster in exhibitions of horsemanship. Band woven by Tibetans.