BICPC ยท ETH.NN003

Double bell

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Description

This instrument was collected in the field by either Percy Horace Gordon Powell-Cotton in Cameroon between 1931-32 or by his colleague Fred Merfield at some point in the 1930s. It is a handheld, clapperless double bell made of iron alloy, which is struck with an external beater, usually made of wood. The bells are attached by an arched woven handle made of rattan.

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