Bell

Museum number:
5-7863
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
91 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Native name: Edukan Bell; hollow section of gazelle horn with wooden clapper attached by piece of hide through top; height: 8.5 cm; diameter: 5.5 cm. Used by men for music, dancing or hung on animal's neck. Made by men
Donor:
Mary Jean Aerni and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Moroto, Northern Region, Uganda
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Uganda; Moroto; Karamojong (Murdock 43:21)
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 5-7863, described as Native name: Edukan Bell; hollow section of gazelle horn with wooden clapper attached by piece of hide through top; height: 8.5 cm; diameter: 5.5 cm. Used by men for music, dancing or hung on animal's neck. Made by men
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-7863, described as Native name: Edukan Bell; hollow section of gazelle horn with wooden clapper attached by piece of hide through top; height: 8.5 cm; diameter: 5.5 cm. Used by men for music, dancing or hung on animal's neck. Made by men

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