cattle-bell
- Museum number
- Af1952,07.322
- Description
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Cattle bell made of iron with loop at top for suspension and leather collar with thongs for attachment of bell.
- Dimensions
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Height: 14.50 centimetres (bell)
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Height: 39.50 centimetres (thong)
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Width: 8.60 centimetres (bell)
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Width: 7.80 centimetres (thong)
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Depth: 7 centimetres (bell)
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Depth: 4.60 centimetres (thong)
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Leather collar separated from bell.
Large sample taken from top edge of bell in February 1975 by "FM" (Frank Minney ?, Conservation department).
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired with Af1952,07 collection (purchased from the Church Missionary Society) but not registered at the time. Associated CMS label reads: "Cattle bell. S. Sudan".
Found unnumbered (tagged "Dup[licate] Coll[ection]. From 1952Af7") in group of Africa Q-Register material moved at unknown date to Asia collections for provenance examination and returned in 1997 when it was assigned Af1997,Q.12 number.
Re-numbered and added to end of Af1952,07 collection sequence in 2014.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1952,07.322
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Af1997,Q.12 (previously registered as)