Knee bells front

Knee bells front

Name/Title

Bell

Entry/Object ID

2015.026.007 A-B

Description

A set of knee bells used in men's traditional dance costumes. Main portion is brown leather, each with three rows of bells and each row contains three bells (nine bells per piece). Each row of bells is resting on a strip of colored (red, white, and green) leather. each of these strips is attached to the main leather piece with rivets. Each bell is tied on with a piece of leather. The whole bell and leather peice is attached to the leg with a strip of leather attached by rivets to the top of the bell/leather and connected with a buckle.

Made/Created

Date made

1993 - 2005