Bell; bronze

Museum number:
9-6291
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1966
Description:
Bronze bell in shape of carp; L.20.5 cm. Buddhistic Sanskrit characters on one side.
Donor:
Julia Roth
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan att.
Collector:
Julia Roth
Collection date:
1965
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
1965
Context of use:
Used in Zen Buddhist temple to call priests to meals
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1994-1995 #9b: SFO Museum (May 5, 1995–June 12, 1995)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bell; bronze, accession number 9-6291, described as Bronze bell in shape of carp; L.20.5 cm. Buddhistic Sanskrit characters on one side.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bell; bronze, accession number 9-6291, described as Bronze bell in shape of carp; L.20.5 cm. Buddhistic Sanskrit characters on one side.

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