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59/331
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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.
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1 falcon bell: metal; good condition
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
Email 31/5/2019 - name should be spelt HENK DIJKSTRA
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Netherlands
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