Dancer's Bell
| Object Number: | 16637B |
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| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Sinhalese |
| Provenience: | Sri Lanka |
| Date Made: | 18th Century - 1893 |
| Early Date: | 1700 |
| Late Date: | 1893 |
| Section: | Asian |
| Materials: | Copper Alloy Metal Cloth Skin |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from the Ceylon Commissioner, World's Columbian Exposition, 1893 |
| Other Number: | 676 - Other Number I34 - Seder Number |
Description
One of two sets of bells. Worn by dancing girls-two sets of five bells. Each set attached to a skin base edged in red cloth. Bases are 13 x 10 cm. Bases are warped cloth torn, two bells detached from same base.
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