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Description: | Two cast copper-alloy crotal bells of Post Medieval date (c.1650-1800s). Both bells are incomplete with the original peas now missing. The bells are spherical and comprise of two hemispheres with a raised circumferential ridge where the 2 spheres meet and a square suspension loop projecting from the top of each one. Two sound holes exist in the top of each upper sphere and a sound slit in the base of each lower hemisphere. Any original design has now been lost.Such bells were not worn singly about an animal's neck as is often presumed to be the case, but were set into harness gear in groups of different sixed bells so that a rhythmic jingling of varying tones was produced as the animal walked.1: W: 27.6g, H: 41mm, D: 30mm, 2: W:42.5g, H: 48mm, D: 40mm.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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