cattle-bell(?);
dog-bell(?)
- Museum number
- Af1954,+23.3820
- Description
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Bell (for cattle, or dog ?) made of wood in three sections joined by twisted fibre cord. Possibly phallic in design with central hollowed bell, slit lengthwise, flanked by two strikers terminating in solid wood disks. Strikers are pierced at top and suspended on an iron nail on one side and a length of metal rod on the other. These are fixed to separate wood sections through which suspension cord passes.
- Production date
- 20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 40 centimetres
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Width: 13.50 centimetres
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Depth: 5 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 'Wooden dog bell, Congo, Africa'. Worksheet records bell for 'dog or cattle'.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good.
- Acquisition date
- 1954
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1954,+23.3820
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 169475 (Wellcome Collection Number)