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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

5. Bell

Museum number:: 5-1828
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

6. Bell

Museum number:: 5-17128
Culture or time period:: Mun ("Mursi")
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Collection place:: Ethiopia

7. Bell (?)

Museum number:: 5-6282
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 88 centimeters
Collector:: Philip Peek
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: June 1966

8. Bells

Museum number:: 5-6640
Culture or time period:: Ganda
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Dimensions:: length 70 centimeters
Collector:: Mary Jean Aerni
Collection place:: Kampala, Central Region, Uganda
Collection date:: May 1967

9. Wooden hand piano

Museum number:: 5-1573
Culture or time period:: Suku
Object class:: Drums (membranophones) and Marimbas
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo

10. Wooden hand piano

Museum number:: 5-1569
Culture or time period:: Suku
Object class:: Drums (membranophones) and Marimbas
Function:: 5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Collection place:: Democratic Republic of the Congo