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  • Object number
    51/452
  • Description
    This metal sheep bell is of the clucket type and is made from one piece of metal joined at the sides. It has a straight clapper and a loop at the top for fixing to a strap. Sheep bells were used to help shepherds locate their sheep.
  • Physical description
    1 sheep bell [clucket]: metal; good condition
  • Archival history
    This bell had been in the donor's possession for over thirty years but he could not remember from where it had purchased it, although he thought it might have been at a junk shop, possibly in Hungerford.
  • Object name
    Bell, clucket, sheep
  • Material
    Metal
  • Associated subject
    LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT : herding
    Sheep
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