Sleigh Bells
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Fourteen crotal or rumbler bells with iron ball bearings, in various sizes, attached to a single stitched leather strap by iron toggles; iron buckle at both ends. Spherical bells, eleven plain and three petal, are cast in two halves with one long slot across the upper or outer half; petal bells have either a six- or eight-petal flower design on their slotted half. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New England
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lispenard Seabury Crocker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.61.0283
label: catalog number
content: 61.0283
label: accession number
content: 232559
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bells, strap of
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (bells material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (bearings; hardware material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (strap material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 37 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 4.1275 cm x 95.25 cm x 6.35 cm