Bell

Museum number:
9-5808
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2385 and Acc.374
Description:
Clay prayer bell; 2 small bells; larger w/painted Mt. Fuji in blue & white w/ black outline; attached to bundle of rice straw (?); w. large bell ca. 5.5 cm.
Donor:
Miriam Dubin and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Asia; Japan; Mt.Fuji
Collector:
Miriam Dubin
Collection date:
Summer 1968
Materials:
Clay and Paint (coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1909 and 1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
large bell— width 5.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 9-5808, described as Clay prayer bell; 2 small bells; larger w/painted Mt. Fuji in blue & white w/ black outline; attached to bundle of rice straw (?); w. large bell ca. 5.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 9-5808, described as Clay prayer bell; 2 small bells; larger w/painted Mt. Fuji in blue & white w/ black outline; attached to bundle of rice straw (?); w. large bell ca. 5.5 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 9-5808, described as Clay prayer bell; 2 small bells; larger w/painted Mt. Fuji in blue & white w/ black outline; attached to bundle of rice straw (?); w. large bell ca. 5.5 cm.

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