- Nationality/Period
Early Iron Age
- Provenance
Hwasun-gun
- Materials
Metal - Copper Alloy
- Category
religion - Folk belief - Belief of the village - twin bells
- Dimensions
L. 15.0cm
- Designation
National Treasure 143-3
- Accession Number
Sinsu 2581
These bronze hand bells dating from the Bronze Age were unearthed from the archaeological site in Daegok-ri of Dogok-myeon, Hwasun-gun, Jeollanam-do. Shaped like dumbbells, these bells have spherical bells at the ends, each of which contains a round bronze pallet inside. The surface of the bells is decorated with short slanted lines and four long slits. Bronze hand bells such as these are usually unearthed in pairs, suggesting that they were ritual instruments that would have been held in each hand of the person ringing them.