Object name: Bell / Collection place: British West Africa (historic) / Year collected: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1970">1970</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1974">1974</span>

Start Over Object name Bell Collection place British West Africa (historic) Year collected 1970 to 1974

Museum number:: 5-15421
Culture or time period:: Benin and Yoruba
Object class:: Bells (idiophones)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 16 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: 1970

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