Bell

Museum number:
5-15677
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-2090 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4614
Description:
bell, iron; flattened tube with elongated carrying or hanging hook; no clapper; L 11.0 cm x 3.7 cm
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba; Oyo
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
December 15, 1993
Context of use:
card description: 'Agogo'
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 11 centimeters and width 3.7 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W-11-9
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-15677, described as bell, iron; flattened tube with elongated carrying or hanging hook; no clapper; L 11.0 cm x 3.7 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-15677, described as bell, iron; flattened tube with elongated carrying or hanging hook; no clapper; L 11.0 cm x 3.7 cm

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