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1950.4.88.1

Ankle (or wrist) dance-rattle. Attached to 1950.4.88 .2 and 1950.4.88 .3 [LC 5/2/2020]

1950.4.88.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ankle (or wrist) dance-rattle. Attached to 1950.4.88 .2 and 1950.4.88 .3 [LC 5/2/2020]
Long description
Pellet bell shape made from an iron disc bent in two but no pellets inside. Each bell has a loop at each end on which three iron rings are suspended. One bell has lost one ring. The bells are tied together with a length of hide thonging which passes through two holes on the top of each bell. [HLR]
Geographical reference
Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
c. 20 miles Southwest of Jos Plateau
Cultural groups
Nungu
Person
Field collector Hubert Frank Mathews
PRM source Hubert Frank Mathews
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1925
Date collected
circa 1925
Acquisition information
Donated: 1950
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal, Process Wrought, Process Bent
Dimensions
Width: max 50 mm, Length: max 200 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1950.4.88.1
Research and responses

Note that Matthews should be spelt Mathews [AP 18/5/2009]

Bauchi Plateau is now known as the Jos Plateau. [Encyclopædia Britannica Online] [CF 3/7/2000]

Search terms: Music, Dance, Ornament, Musical Instrument, Leg Ornament, Arm Ornament, Dance Accessory, Rattle, Bell