One of six wooden animal bells

Collection type: Object
Description: One of six wooden animal bells
Long description: One of six wooden animal bells. The bell is made of very dark wood which is nearly black in colour. The bell is roughly semi-circlular in shape with one paler coloured clapper attached with string. There are two perforations at the top of the bell through which string would have been threaded for suspension. [MdeA 20/10/2000]
Geographical reference: Malaysia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Malaysia
Person: Field collector Frank Mills; PRM source John R. Frank Mills
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1913
Date collected: 1893 - 1913 MALAYSIA
Acquisition information: Donated: 1992
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material String Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions: Height: max 65 mm, Length: max 180 mm, Width: max 150 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1992.6.21 Other numbers: 3
Research and responses: 'Lieutenant-Colonel F. Mills, D.S.O. was born in Liverpool in 1873. In 1893 or 1894 he went to Malaya as a Civil Engineer to develop the railway system. In his spare time he enjoyed big game hunting and polo. He left Malaya in 1913 and returned to England. Obtained a Commission in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and commanded the 6th Battalion in Palestine and at Gallipoli. Received the D.S.O. at the Battle of Gaza. Left the army at the end of the war. Married in 1919, and lived in Wales until his death in 1945.' [MdeA 8/5/2001]

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