Object name: Bell with clapper / Collection place: British West Africa (historic) / Collector: Berta Bascom

Start Over Object name Bell with clapper Collection place British West Africa (historic) Collector Berta Bascom

Museum number:: 5-13051a,b
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:: a— length 32.2 centimeters and b— length 3 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1969

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