Bell

Museum number:
3-30743
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Alternate number:
JP-42 (previous number)
Accession number:
Acc.4777
Description:
Ceramic Bell: Terracotta bell with a donkey head atop. Head is painted grey, with a pink and blue bow beneath it's chin. Bell is decorated with white hash marks and brown and white zig-zags interspersed with white dots. Possible Guillermina Aguilar piece.
Donor:
John Paul
Collection place:
Mexico
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
John Paul
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
February 24, 2011
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
whole— height 8.5 centimeters, whole— length 4 centimeters, and whole— weight 3.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bell, accession number 3-30743, described as Ceramic Bell: Terracotta bell with a donkey head atop. Head is painted grey, with a pink and blue bow beneath it's chin. Bell is decorated with white hash marks and brown and white zig-zags interspersed with white dots. Possible Guillermina Aguilar piece.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bell, accession number 3-30743, described as Ceramic Bell: Terracotta bell with a donkey head atop. Head is painted grey, with a pink and blue bow beneath it's chin. Bell is decorated with white hash marks and brown and white zig-zags interspersed with white dots. Possible Guillermina Aguilar piece.

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