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Bell-plate.

Technical description: Brass or bronze; roughly triangular in the shape of a pagoda roof with single suspension hole near top centre. Maximum thickness 15, thinned gradually down to 8 at bottom centre.

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:111.221 (Individual) percussion plaques
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh
  • Measurements:258