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Pellet bell. The bronze bell is cast in the form of two adjoined hexagonal cones with a large aperture in each face. A large pellet is enclosed. On the apex of one cone is a square lug pierced with a hole for suspension, and the other extends to three small points. Originally attached to the harness of a horse.
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first millennium BCE - Maker:
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Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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Luristan - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:112.13 Vessel rattles
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- Materials:stone, copper alloy
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:112.13 Vessel rattles
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Measurements:overall: 2.4409 x x 1.6535 in.; 62 x 42 mm