Wooden cattle bell.

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden cattle bell.
Long description: Cattle bell of wood, roughly semicircular in shape with rounded sides and a concave upper edge. There is a narrow mouth at the base. A knotted string is threaded through two small holes in the top, to which two knobbed clappers are attached, inside the bell. At the top two 'corners' of the bell are two more perforations on each side, surrounded by a carved ring. One side of the bell has Indian script written on in black ink.
Geographical reference: India (Place of Origin)
Asia > Southern Asia > India (Place of Origin); India (Place of Origin)
Asia > Southern Asia > India (Place of Origin)
Cultural groups: Kol
Person: Field collector William Crooke; PRM source William Crooke
Date
Date collected: By 1892
Acquisition information: Donated: 1892 Found unentered: 2006
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Material Plant Fibre, Process Perforated, Process Inscribed
Dimensions: Width 185 mm, Height 130 mm, Depth 83 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2022.36.1 Other numbers: 188

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