COWBELL
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- STEEL, LEATHER
- Catalogue Number
- P19640831000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1900
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- STEEL, LEATHER
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Height
- 49.5
- Length
- 12.4
- Width
- 9.5
- Description
- MOULDED STEEL BELL, DETACHABLE LEAD CLAPPER. RECTANGULAR MOUTH. WORN LEATHER COLLAR WITH STEEL ROLLER BUCKLE. LEATHER STRAP WITH COLLAR.
- Subjects
- ANIMAL HUSBANDRY T&E
- Historical Association
- AGRICULTURE
- History
- "THE COWBELL WAS BROUGHT TO WESTERN CANADA FROM ONTARIO BY P.C. MCNALLY OF GOVENLOCK AND SHAUNAVON. IN THE EARLY DAYS THE COW BELL WAS HUNG AROUND THE NECK OF THE LEADING COW IN THE HERD. WHEN THEY WERE HIDDEN FROM VIEW IN A WOODED AREA OR BEHIND A HILL ALL ONE HAD TO DO WAS LISTEN FOR THE BELL". DONATED BY HIS BROTHER IN LAW.
- Catalogue Number
- P19640831000
- Acquisition Date
- 1964-04
- Collection
- Museum
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