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Camel bells

This instrument was collected by Mrs. Joan Galtress in Northern Pakistan, in the 1950s. Her husband, Mr. Robert Galtress was surveyor for a route for an oil pipeline which would run from the North East India (Assam) to Gauhati in the foothills of the Himalayas. It is a set of three brass camel bells with internal clappers of iron alloy, attached to a plaited, blue and white cord strap.

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:111.242.222 (Sets of) clapper bells
  • Repository:Saffron Walden Museum
  • Measurements:Height(s): 75mm, 60mm, and 55mm; Diameter(s): 58mm, 50mm, and 48mm; Band length: 810mm; Band width: 30mm