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Description: | Cast copper alloy crotal bell with a very worn 'sunburst' pattern decorating the lower part of this spherical-shaped bell. The pattern consists of ten incised petals, 25 mm long and 9 mm wide (central petal), with medial lines that radiate from the edge of the slit at the base of the bell, with five on each side. There is a central raised rib which divides the upper and lower halves of the bell. On the upper half of the bell, there are two circular sound holes, 7 mm in diameter, on either side of the suspension loop, which is made up of an ovoid, 7 mm in diameter, within a square. There are two circular holes, 7 mm in diameter, on the lower half, which connect a slit which is 36 mm long and runs perpendicular to the central rib. The iron clapper still remains within the bell. There is a crack in the bell running from one of the two holes at its base to one of the two circular holes at either side of the suspension loop. There are patches of dark green patina but most of the bell is worn so that any decoration on the upper half is no longer distinguishable.Bailey (1992) has a similar decorated example on page 38, no.6, which is dated from the 17th century.Read (1988) illustrates a similar plain example on page 126, no.799, which is dated from the 16th to the 17th century.
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