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Ankle bells. Two pellet bells, each made from a sheet of iron that has been folded in half to enclose a pebble or pebbles. Each bell has a brass chain, one thicker than the other; the thinner chain is knotted around the thicker chain.
- Date:
before 1913 - Maker:
- Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Kenya - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:112.13 Vessel rattles
- Culture:Giryami
- Period:
- Materials:copper alloy, iron
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- Inscriptions:
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:112.13 Vessel rattles
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 185 x 35 x 20 mm