Description (Physical description)
Spherical crotal bell with intact suspension loop. There are two holes in the upper half, and an elongated sound slot connecting two further holes in the lower half. Both halves have worn sunburst-style decoration. The outer surface is partially corroded, whilst the inner void is completely filled with sediment concreted with ferrous oxide material. The apparent remains of a cast iron 'pea' are visible in one of the holes on the lower half.
Event Date 7/11/2018
Author: David Kay

Context (Found together / assemblage)
Eight apparently unaccessioned crotal bells (TEMP.00679-TEMP.00684.1-2) were found together in the museum store. Four of them (TEMP.00683.1-2 and TEMP.00684.1-2) have remains of old object labels, although they may not be museum object labels. Some or all of them may have been accessioned and become disassociated with their museum number, or they may never have been formally accessioned into the museum's collection. However, at least one crotal bell (1923.229 C) in the museum's collection is missing a location. This idno has been tentatively added to these TEMP records, except TEMP.00683.1-2 and TEMP.00684.1-2.
Event Date 7/11/2018
Author: David Kay

Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Esther Laver