Sleigh Bells
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Ten 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, two plain and eight petal, are cast in two halves with one long slot across the upper or outer half; all eight petal bells have an eight-petal design on their slotted half, two of those eight are engraved "*N* / *M*" at center.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut
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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 John Paul Remensnyder
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0939.044
label: accession number
content: 1978.0939
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0939.044
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bells, strap of
label: Object Type
content: sleigh bells
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: 2 3/8 in x 24 3/4 in x 18 1/2 in; 6.0325 cm x 62.865 cm x 46.99 cm