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Crotals

Baby's anklet with seven silver crotals attached by loops of coiled wire to a silver band. Each crotal is spherical with a double ridge around the greatest circumference about the principal axis, a slit in the lower half and a single pellet. Each crotal measures 18mm (over all length), 14mm. (over all width). A pair with Horniman Museum number: M6.12.65/197b.

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  • Materials:silver
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:112.13 Vessel rattles
  • Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
  • Measurements: overall: 78 x 59 x 15 mm