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Description: | ~~Cast copper alloy crotal bell, circular in plan and spherical in profile with a square attachment loop at the apex of the upper half. The attachment loop is 10 mm in height, 12 mm wide and 6 mm in thickenss, and is perforated with a circular aperture. The top half has the quite usual sunburst or petal design. There is a central raised rib which divides the upper and lower halves of the bell. The bottom half of the bell shows two central mask faces with waving hair in the suggestion of a sun God, one on each half of the bottom half in mirrored images. The mouth of one of these masks has been damaged whilst in the soil. On the upper half of the bell, there are two teardrop shaped sound holes 3 mm in diameter at the bottom end, 6mm from top to bottom. On the lower half of the bell, there are two large circular holes, 9 mm in diameter, connected by a slit which runs perpendicular to the central rib, along the circumference of the bell until it almost meets the rib on both sides. The corroded iron pea or ball clapper survives within the bell. Diameter 41.6mm, weight 86g.Bailey (1992) has a variety of similar crotal bells on page 40, which he dates from the early 16th to early 17th century, but the closest to this example is No. 15.
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