Sleigh bells owned by Pete Cosey: Museum Object and Cultural History
Sleigh bells owned by Pete Cosey: Date: late 20th century. Created by: Unidentified. Used by: Pete Cosey, American, 1943 - 2012.
The object in the museum catalogue
Sleigh bells, six pellet bells on a decorative leather strip, used by Pete Cosey. Leather is cracked and broken into four separate sections held together by decorative stitching. Leather is backed with orange fur-like material, much of which is lost. Bells and alternating decorative florettes are attached to leather with rivets. Large florette at bottom includes smooth green material.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: late 20th century
- Created by: Unidentified
- Used by: Pete Cosey, American, 1943 - 2012
- Type: sleigh bells
- Medium: leather and metal with thread
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 18 1/8 × 2 13/16 × 1 15/16 in. (46 × 7.2 × 5 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Music
- Topic: Musicians
- Object number: 2021.105.7
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Karumah, Dunni, Ishmak, Aribania and Mariama Cosey in memory of Baba Pete Cosey
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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