cattle-bell
- Museum number
- Af1947,34.18
- Description
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Iron cowbell, made of piece bent over with the edges half- welded, with the clapper made of joined iron rings; used on a bull.
- Production date
- 1932 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 16 centimetres
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Width: 14.10 centimetres
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Depth: 8.10 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1947:
KADONGOT. Iron cattle bell (for bull) Sometimes made of wood or tortoise shell.
WEST SUK
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1947
- Acquisition notes
- Af1947,34.1 to 32 were given by A M Champion, a district officer in Kenya. The register records his notes on their source (mainly West Suk or Turkana in north-west Kenya), local names and usage. They had been "Collected by the donor in about 1932."
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1947,34.18