Quadruple bell

Description

This is a rare quadruple bell made of wood in cruciform shape that came from "Old Calabar." The instrument is built with two sections carved with a cube-shaped bell on both ends that join together at the center stems through a halving joint, thus making a cross. Each bell has three internal wooden clappers. It would be used as a dancing rattle, where the player would hold the instrument at the center of the cross handle and shaken to produce sound.