Bell tapper

Museum number:
5-11736
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2438
Description:
Ifa bell tapper; kneeling bearded male holding objects in hands; man is wearing tall, curving hat; blue-painted carved wood; ht. 47.5 cm.
Donor:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba (prob. from Abeokuta)
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection date:
before 1968
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
tourist item but similar to authentic bell tapper used to call attention of the god of divination before divination by manipulation of palm nuts. Cf. 5-7262.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 47.5 centimeters
Comment:
(Murdock 31:31); (part of African arts teaching set); to be used for traveling exhibit in Bay Area schools
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Bell tapper, accession number 5-11736, described as Ifa bell tapper; kneeling bearded male holding objects in hands; man is wearing tall, curving hat; blue-painted carved wood; ht. 47.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Bell tapper, accession number 5-11736, described as Ifa bell tapper; kneeling bearded male holding objects in hands; man is wearing tall, curving hat; blue-painted carved wood; ht. 47.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Bell tapper, accession number 5-11736, described as Ifa bell tapper; kneeling bearded male holding objects in hands; man is wearing tall, curving hat; blue-painted carved wood; ht. 47.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bell tapper, accession number 5-11736, described as Ifa bell tapper; kneeling bearded male holding objects in hands; man is wearing tall, curving hat; blue-painted carved wood; ht. 47.5 cm.

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