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Double bell
Iron double bell, externally struck; and beater. The handle is elaborately bound with plaited vegetable fibre. The wooden beater has a head covered with animal skin that is stuffed with hair or vegetable fibre. The skin is stitched together and sealed with resin. The beater is attached to the instrument with string.
- Date:
19th century - Maker:
- Collection:
Horniman Museum and Gardens - Inventory number:
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West Africa - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:111.242.221 (Sets of) suspended bells struck from the outside
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- Materials:resin, hide, wood, vegetable fibre, Gresin, iron
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:111.242.221 (Sets of) suspended bells struck from the outside
- Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens