Bell

Museum number:
3-25324
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Accession number:
Acc.4382
Description:
Bell, ceramic; figure with bird head painted in yellow with wave-like incised "feathers" and human arms and hands with pink objects in them; blue and white diagonal painted slashes at base; teracotta body; height 9.5 cm.
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
Ocotlan, Oaxaca, Mexico
Collector:
Barbara E. Busch
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Accession date:
November 30, 1988
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 3-25324, described as Bell, ceramic; figure with bird head painted in yellow with wave-like incised "feathers" and human arms and hands with pink objects in them; blue and white diagonal painted slashes at base; teracotta body; height 9.5 cm.

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