Bell

Museum number:
5-7892
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050007892
Alternate number:
179 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2307
Description:
Native name: Edukau Bell; section of animal horn; wooden clapper; loop of twine tied through top; height: 16 cm; diameter: 4.5 cm. Hung on animal's neck; also used for music, dancing 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:
Aug 1967
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 1 of 2 titled Bell, accession number 5-7892, described as Native name: Edukau Bell; section of animal horn; wooden clapper; loop of twine tied through top; height: 16 cm; diameter: 4.5 cm. Hung on animal's neck; also used for music, dancing Made by menHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bell, accession number 5-7892, described as Native name: Edukau Bell; section of animal horn; wooden clapper; loop of twine tied through top; height: 16 cm; diameter: 4.5 cm. Hung on animal's neck; also used for music, dancing Made by men
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-7892, described as Native name: Edukau Bell; section of animal horn; wooden clapper; loop of twine tied through top; height: 16 cm; diameter: 4.5 cm. Hung on animal's neck; also used for music, dancing Made by men

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