Object class: Idiophones (instruments that produce sound by vibrating the instruments themselves) / Media available: legacy documentation / Materials: Wood (plant material)

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1. Bell

Museum number:: 5-11710
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 31 centimeters and width 4 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

2. Bell

Museum number:: 5-1829
Culture or time period:: Fang
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collector:: James W. Fernandez
Collection place:: Gabon
Collection date:: 1960

3. Bell

Museum number:: 5-1827
Culture or time period:: Fang
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Collector:: James W. Fernandez
Collection place:: Gabon
Collection date:: 1960

4. Bell

Museum number:: 5-11714
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: width 3.5 centimeters and length 23 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938