- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Sinclair, Clayton, American
- Sinclair, Hazel, American
- Subject of
- Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
- Date
- mid 20th century
- Medium
- leather with brass (alloy) , metal and plastic
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 34 7/16 × 2 3/4 × 1 9/16 in. (87.5 × 7 × 4 cm)
- Description
- A leather harness with twenty-four (24) sleigh bells. The harness is a wide, brown, leather strap that tapers at both ends. There are two metal buckles at either end of the strap. The bells are brass and trumpet shaped with ball tipped clappers. The bells are attached to the strap with embedded metal hooks and are separated from the leather with red plastic cutouts at the base of each hook. The back of the strap is plain, cracked leather.
- Place collected
- Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
- Collection title
- The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
- Classification
- Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
- Type
- sleigh bells
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
- Object number
- 2011.12.39
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




