Bell

Museum number:
7-5962
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3595 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number)) and 3847 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Bell, cast bronze with ornate, solid stem handle, shoulder has band of letters "OMATER DEI MOMENTO MEI" above relief band of figures, cupids, crests. Base has band of leaf motif. Clapper hangs from chain. Height is 11.5 centimeters. Diameter is 7.8 centimeters. Mass bell.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Europe
Verbatim coll. place:
Europe
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Comment:
Mass bell.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 7-5962, described as Bell, cast bronze with ornate, solid stem handle, shoulder has band of letters "OMATER DEI MOMENTO MEI" above relief band of figures, cupids, crests. Base has band of leaf motif. Clapper hangs from chain. Height is 11.5 centimeters. Diameter is 7.8 centimeters. Mass bell.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 7-5962, described as Bell, cast bronze with ornate, solid stem handle, shoulder has band of letters "OMATER DEI MOMENTO MEI" above relief band of figures, cupids, crests. Base has band of leaf motif. Clapper hangs from chain. Height is 11.5 centimeters. Diameter is 7.8 centimeters. Mass bell.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 7-5962, described as Bell, cast bronze with ornate, solid stem handle, shoulder has band of letters "OMATER DEI MOMENTO MEI" above relief band of figures, cupids, crests. Base has band of leaf motif. Clapper hangs from chain. Height is 11.5 centimeters. Diameter is 7.8 centimeters. Mass bell.

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