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Description: | Cast copper alloy crotal, or rumbler, bell. It is undecorated and dates from 1650 to 1850. The bell is one piece and spherical with a rectangular apical lug with a drilled aperture for suspension, elongated to oval form by wear. 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, is a circular sound hole. One is slightly larger than the other. Two sound holes in the lower hemisphere are integral with a sound "slit". Similar to IOW-BF1924, NLM-14A005 and NLM-146213The diameter is 35mm and the height is 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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