bell
- Museum number
- As1948,07.19.a-b
- Description
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Register 1948: Child's ankle bells; metal bell, yellow, containing a metal ball.
- Production date
- 20thC (early)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 2.90 centimetres (ear-ring a)
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Diameter: 2.60 centimetres (ear-ring b)
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Height: 3.70 centimetres (ear-ring a)
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Height: 3.60 centimetres (ear-ring b)
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Weight: 27 grammes (ear-ring a)
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Weight: 26 grammes (ear-ring b)
- Curator's comments
- Register 1948:
Lai-Chin, Burma.
"Child's ankel bells. These are often put on very young children to prevent their being lost in the jungle".
Hay-Neave Number 23.
For detailed notes by Mr. Hay-Neave see Eth Doc 1695.
See also Eth Doc 1678.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1995-96, BM, Textiles of Highland Burma from the Ethnography Collections
- Acquisition date
- 1948
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1948,07.19.a-b
