Eighteen carriage bells on wire from a plantation near Georgetown South Carolina
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Old Slave Mart Museum, American, founded 1937
notes: label: Description
content: Eighteen bronze carriage bells connected to metal wires. The bells are of various sizes and are circular. They each have a square metal canon at top where they are connected to the metal wires. The bells have circular cutouts in the top and bottom and a metal ball inside. Floral patterned etching is visible on some of the bells. The letters "HR" are visible on one of the bells. The bells are black in color.
place: label: Place collected
content: Georgetown County, South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Slavery
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.108.25.12
objectType: label: Type
content: metalwork
label: Type
content: bells (idiophones)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: bronze, metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 5/16 × 14 7/16 × 5 1/2 in. (5.8 × 36.7 × 14 cm)