Bells

Museum number:
5-16762
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
516756
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
string of brass bells (14) in 3 sizes (12 large, 1 small, 1 tiny). cast bronze round with attachment loop. decorated with concentric rings; slit opening in base brass pellet in each forms "clapper".
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Western Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Brass (alloy) and Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Decorative
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
min— diameter 0.5 centimeters, min— length 0.9 centimeters, max— diameter 1 centimeters, and max— length 1.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bells, accession number 5-16762, described as string of brass bells (14) in 3 sizes (12 large, 1 small, 1 tiny). cast bronze round with attachment loop. decorated with concentric rings; slit opening in base brass pellet in each forms "clapper".

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