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Description: | An incomplete post-Medieval cast copper alloy spherical animal 'crotal' bell (AD 1600-1800).The sub-rectangular suspension loop at the top is about 8.69mm long, 11.18mm wide and 4.26mm thick and has a sub-rectangular aperture. The upper and lower hemispheres are divided by a prominent horizontal circumferential joining rib. At either side of the suspension loop, about half way down the side of the upper hemisphere, there is a circular sound hole. One is much larger than the other. Two large sound holes in the lower hemisphere are integral with a sound "slit". Both hemispheres are plain. The iron 'sound-pea' is large and irregular in form.The outer surface of the bell is very worn and drab brown with flecks of a green patina.Height: 35.28mm; diameter: 26.82mm. Weight: 17.95g.
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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