Cow bell

Museum number:
5-6072
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
Cow bell; rectangular tin can with one end cut off; clapper of metal tubing tied on with leather; h. 7.5 cm.; l. 7 cm; w. 5 cm.
Donor:
Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Olorgesailie, Kenya
Culture or time period:
Maasai people
Collector:
Ronald J. Clarke
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cowbells (animal husbandry) and Cowbells (bell type)
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Cow bell, accession number 5-6072, described as Cow bell; rectangular tin can with one end cut off; clapper of metal tubing tied on with leather; h. 7.5 cm.; l. 7 cm; w. 5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cow bell, accession number 5-6072, described as Cow bell; rectangular tin can with one end cut off; clapper of metal tubing tied on with leather; h. 7.5 cm.; l. 7 cm; w. 5 cm.

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