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Double bell
This instrument was collected in the field by either Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton in Cameroon between 1931-32 or by his colleague Fred Merfield at some point in the 1930s. It is a handheld, clapperless double bell made of iron alloy, which is struck with an external beater, usually made of wood. The bells are attached by a squared-cross shape handle covered with sewn patches of reptile skin.
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Powell-Cotton Museum - Inventory number:
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Cameroon - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:111.242.121 (Individual) suspended bells struck from the outside
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:111.242.121 (Individual) suspended bells struck from the outside
- Repository:Powell-Cotton Museum
- Measurements:Height: 235mm; Width: 230mm; Depth: 82mm