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Description: | 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.
Cast bronze or brass dancing anklet (C-shape), with 3 integral crotals. 1 stone pellet each. Each decorated on one side only ('cire perdue' or simlar decoration). Slit in each in plane of anklet. Design on far right and left bells identical: cross and concentric circular arcs in each quadrant. Central bell: concentric circles about central point, with parallel lines runnig from there towards centre of anklet. Concentric circular arcs to either side of these. Border of points on band. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | Akan metal Asante pellet bells copper alloy | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-6415 |
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