Bell

Museum number:
9-8225
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3213 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2403 and Acc.3032.02
Description:
Bell, brass; gong-shaped w/double handle in shape of "serpent dragon" (MANG);8 mystic trigrams,"Big Dipper" & 12 zodiacal animals in low relief on 1 side, cloud-like design & Cassiopeia in low relief on other side; L. 19.2 cm.
Donor:
Albert M. Bender and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China attr.
Collection date:
before 1933
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bells (idiophones) and Dragons
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1968 and 1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1974-1975 #4: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (July 19, 1974–February 7, 1975) and S1974-1975 #67: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (February 5, 1975–May 7, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bell, accession number 9-8225, described as Bell, brass; gong-shaped w/double handle in shape of "serpent dragon" (MANG);8 mystic trigrams,"Big Dipper" & 12 zodiacal animals in low relief on 1 side, cloud-like design & Cassiopeia in low relief on other side; L. 19.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bell, accession number 9-8225, described as Bell, brass; gong-shaped w/double handle in shape of "serpent dragon" (MANG);8 mystic trigrams,"Big Dipper" & 12 zodiacal animals in low relief on 1 side, cloud-like design & Cassiopeia in low relief on other side; L. 19.2 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 9-8225, described as Bell, brass; gong-shaped w/double handle in shape of "serpent dragon" (MANG);8 mystic trigrams,"Big Dipper" & 12 zodiacal animals in low relief on 1 side, cloud-like design & Cassiopeia in low relief on other side; L. 19.2 cm.

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