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Bell

This instrument was collected in the field by Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton. It is a bell made from a folded iron alloy sheet, with a narrow slit opening, and an internal solid clapper rod made of iron alloy. The clapper hook is attached through a twisted loop end of the bell loop.

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:111.242.122 (Individual) clapper bells
  • Repository:Powell-Cotton Museum
  • Measurements:Height: 125mm; Width: 25mm