Bell

Museum number:
5-6806
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050006806
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Bell; natural tortoiseshell; wooden clapper attached by leather strap tied through hole in top of shell; b. 7 cm; l. 12.5 cm
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
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975) and S1974-1975 #67: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (February 5, 1975–May 7, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-6806, described as Bell; natural tortoiseshell; wooden clapper attached by leather strap tied through hole in top of shell; b. 7 cm; l. 12.5 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-6806, described as Bell; natural tortoiseshell; wooden clapper attached by leather strap tied through hole in top of shell; b. 7 cm; l. 12.5 cm

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