Bell

Museum number:
18-299
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2028
Description:
Hindu priest's bell;anthropomorphic figures on bell;handle imitates branched tree w/sitting bird at top;ht. 6 in.
Donor:
James P. Heath and Ruth Mary Heath
Collection place:
Bali, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia
Verbatim coll. place:
Indonesia;; Bali
Collector:
James P. Heath and Ruth Mary Heath
Collection date:
1960-1962
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 18-299, described as Hindu priest's bell;anthropomorphic figures on bell;handle imitates branched tree w/sitting bird at top;ht. 6 in.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 18-299, described as Hindu priest's bell;anthropomorphic figures on bell;handle imitates branched tree w/sitting bird at top;ht. 6 in.

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