Bell

Museum number:
5-3360
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
TBD (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Rectangular, truncated, brass bell with strap handle. Geometric all-over design. Height: 7.0 inches.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Benin City, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Benin City; Bini
Culture or time period:
Bini Tribe
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
July 1963
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Murdock 31:19Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue card is the Appraisers number; not a Bascom index number.
Loans:
S1972-1973 #60: Fowler Museum of Cultural History (UC Los Angeles) (March 9, 1973–June 19, 1973) and S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bell, accession number 5-3360, described as Rectangular, truncated, brass bell with strap handle. Geometric all-over design. Height: 7.0 inches.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bell, accession number 5-3360, described as Rectangular, truncated, brass bell with strap handle. Geometric all-over design. Height: 7.0 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-3360, described as Rectangular, truncated, brass bell with strap handle. Geometric all-over design. Height: 7.0 inches.

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