Finnish Silver-plated Sleigh Bell, c. Early 1900s
date: label: brought to united states
content: 1911 - 1914
name: label: user
content: Kungas, Andrew
notes: label: Description
content: These bells were brought to America from Ouln, Finland c. 1911-1914 by August Koskela as a gift for his uncle, Andrew Kungas, a Finnish immigrant living in Phelps, Wisconsin. His daughter, Marie Kungas Rotter, the donor, found them in a horse barn and recalled how they made a beautiful sound and were used for many years during winter months driving her family's team of horses in the north woods, where her father, like many Finnish immigrants, had found work in the logging industry. She said this silver-plated bell was used on a single horse when the family used the cutter to drive to town five miles away. The leather mounting is original and the bell would have been fastened to a harness.
place: label: Place Made
content: Finland
label: used
content: United States: Wisconsin, Phelps
topic: label: referenced
content: Immigration
label: referenced
content: Migration
label: used
content: Sleighing
label: used
content: Seasons
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition
content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Marie Rotter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0632.04
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0632.04
label: accession number
content: 1981.0632
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Bell, Sleigh
label: Object Type
content: suspended bells
label: Other Terms
content: Bell, Sleigh; Traditional
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, silver-plated (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in; 20.32 cm