cattle-bell
- Museum number
- Af1954,+23.3819
- Description
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Bell (for cattle) made of wood with central square hole and two flanking side holes for fibre suspension cord. Pellet inside is irregularly-shaped piece of stone. Bell has slit running from below one side hole around underside of bell to below other side hole. Wood of bell is worked in narrow concentric bands throughout.
- Production date
- 20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 16 centimetres (with handle)
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Width: 9.50 centimetres
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Depth: 10 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Information derived from a) original Wellcome collection labels and b) worksheets, compiled by Ethnography Dept. staff, which are stored with Africa collections. Wellcome label reads "Cattle bell, Africa". Worksheet "? Congo / Central Africa".
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Fair; split down one side, small hole in opposite side. Two white paint marks near to split.
- Acquisition date
- 1954
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1954,+23.3819
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 171044 (Wellcome Collection Number)