Bell

Museum number:
5-6029
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050006029
Alternate number:
69 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.2155
Description:
Goat bell; one piece iron with iroan clapper; cloth and fiber loops attached.
Donor:
Ronald J. Clarke and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Limuru, Central Kenya
Culture or time period:
Kikuyu
Collector:
Ronald J. Clarke
Collection date:
1964
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Tied on a leather strap around goat's neck.
Loans:
S1974-1975 #29: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Larry Michalak (October 30, 1974–June 17, 1975) and S1974-1975 #96: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Larry Michalak (May 5, 1975–May 9, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-6029, described as Goat bell; one piece iron with iroan clapper; cloth and fiber loops attached.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-6029, described as Goat bell; one piece iron with iroan clapper; cloth and fiber loops attached.

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