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1916.26.22.1

Clapper bell. Associated with sibling object .2 [PB 31/1/2020]

1916.26.22.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Clapper bell. Associated with sibling object .2 [PB 31/1/2020]
Person
Field collector John Roscoe
PRM source John Roscoe
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1916
Date collected
circa 1916
Acquisition information
Donated: 10/1916
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Hollowed
Dimensions
Width: max 62 mm, Depth: max 55 mm, Length: max 232 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1916.26.22.1 Other PRM accession number: 1916.26.22a
Research and responses

Carved from a single piece of wood, the waist hollowed out and the four and three clappers tied to the bells by fibre string. [HLR]

Rev. John Roscoe The Soul of Central Africa, A General Account of The Mackie Ethnological Expedition, London 1922. Balfour Library Reference : Africa 8

Also: Roscoe The Northern Bantu, Cambridge 1915. Balfour Library Africa 8

Search terms: Music, Religion, Ritual and Ceremonial, Musical Instrument, Religious Object, Ceremonial Object, Bell

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