Object number
59/331
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Description
Dutch bell made by Hank Dystric, is probably for a peregrine 'tercel'. Attached to the leg by means of a leather strap, known as a 'bewit'.
This Dutch bell, made by Hank Dystric, is probably for a peregrine 'tercel', a male falcon. It would have been attached to the falcon's leg by means of a leather stap, known as a 'bewit'. The earliest accounts of falconry, the art of hunting prey using trained birds, date back to 2000 BC.
Physical description
1 falcon bell: metal; good condition
Archival history
Email 31/5/2019 - name should be spelt HENK DIJKSTRA
Production place
Netherlands
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