University of Reading | Archive and Museum Database

Object number
51/637
Collection
Lavinia Smith Collection
Description
This goat bell, also known as a 'rumbler', is attached by a leather strap which is pinned together by a wooden toggle. Bells were used by goatherds to help them locate their goats.
Physical description
1 goat bell: good condition
Archival history
No Lavinia Smith No. recorded.
Object name
Bell, goat
Material
Metal, Leather, Wood
Associated subject
LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT : herding
Goat
Associated person/institution
Rippon, Miss Dorothy May Lyddon (Agent)
External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\35 series negatives\Scans\35_730.tif - High resolution image