Ghana
Daggaba

Metal – brass
Early-Mid 20th Century
5 inches inner circumference 
Idiophone – Struck Indirectly – Shaken -Rattle Adornment

Anklet bells with three pellets, were used by the Daggaba (Dagari), an ethnic group of Ghana and Burkino Faso in West Africa.  They were cast from brass and feature three hallow pellets decorated with spirals, each containing a small ball inside.  They were presented as gifts from the chief to married women for dancing, or were used as a safety device and attached to small children to alert their whereabouts.  Shows usage and age.