Bell (?)

Museum number:
5-6282
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
17 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2222
Description:
bell (?); carved of dark-colored wood; 4 figures arranged one atop the other; base hollowed w/ wooden clapper suspended inside by string; Ifa type; h. 88 cm.
Donor:
Philip Peek and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Abeokuta (?); Yoruba (Murdock 31:31) purch. from Hausa trader in Oleh, prob. carved in Abeokuta
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Philip Peek
Collection date:
June 1966
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1966
Context of use:
collector has no idea of function; possibly carved to be sold to Europeans.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 88 centimeters
Comment:
File Code: 7.2 [crossed out on card] or 5.7
Loans:
S1977-1978 #33: Presidio Army Museum (February 9, 1978–February 23, 1978)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Bell (?), accession number 5-6282, described as bell (?); carved of dark-colored wood; 4 figures arranged one atop the other; base hollowed w/ wooden clapper suspended inside by string; Ifa type; h. 88 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Bell (?), accession number 5-6282, described as bell (?); carved of dark-colored wood; 4 figures arranged one atop the other; base hollowed w/ wooden clapper suspended inside by string; Ifa type; h. 88 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Bell (?), accession number 5-6282, described as bell (?); carved of dark-colored wood; 4 figures arranged one atop the other; base hollowed w/ wooden clapper suspended inside by string; Ifa type; h. 88 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Bell (?), accession number 5-6282, described as bell (?); carved of dark-colored wood; 4 figures arranged one atop the other; base hollowed w/ wooden clapper suspended inside by string; Ifa type; h. 88 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Bell (?), accession number 5-6282, described as bell (?); carved of dark-colored wood; 4 figures arranged one atop the other; base hollowed w/ wooden clapper suspended inside by string; Ifa type; h. 88 cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Bell (?), accession number 5-6282, described as bell (?); carved of dark-colored wood; 4 figures arranged one atop the other; base hollowed w/ wooden clapper suspended inside by string; Ifa type; h. 88 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bell (?), accession number 5-6282, described as bell (?); carved of dark-colored wood; 4 figures arranged one atop the other; base hollowed w/ wooden clapper suspended inside by string; Ifa type; h. 88 cm.

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