Bell

Museum number:
5-15676
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015676
Alternate number:
B-2219 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4614
Object count:
1
Description:
bell (?), iron; elongated hollow cone; L 12.9 cm x Dia 1.5 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Meko, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba; Meko
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
December 15, 1993
Context of use:
'Oshumare' bell, per field card; [clapper?]
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 1.5 centimeters and length 12.9 centimeters
Comment:
AN OBJECT IN V 3-BASCOM-5 BEARS THIS BASCOM NUMBER. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-11-9
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-15676, described as bell (?), iron; elongated hollow cone; L 12.9 cm x Dia 1.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bell, accession number 5-15676, described as bell (?), iron; elongated hollow cone; L 12.9 cm x Dia 1.5 cm.

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