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Crotals

Anklet with three integral crotals or pellet bells. The brass or bronze anklet is cast in a C-shape. Each crotal has one stone pellet and is decorated on one side only. There is a slit in each crotal in the plane of anklet. The design on the bells on the left and right is identical: a cross with concentric circular arcs in each quadrant. The middle bell has concentric circles about the centre of its upper face.

  • Culture:Ashanti, Akan
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  • Materials:metal, copper alloy
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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:112.13 Vessel rattles
  • Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
  • Measurements:overall: 115 mm x 140 mm