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Crotal
Brass pellet bell for a donkey, in the form of a stylised tiger's head. The bell is round with a slit in its lower half, forming the tiger's mouth. The top of the bell has a projecting metal lug with a hole bored through its centre, threaded with vegetable fibre.
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1934 - Maker:
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Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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China - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:112.13 Vessel rattles
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:112.13 Vessel rattles
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 100 x 50 x 38 mm