Bell

Museum number:
9-10970
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090010970
Alternate number:
210a (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Object count:
1
Description:
Bell,metal,for relig.ceremonies;bronze(?);18 cm.Length;9.5 cm.width;brass half-vajra type handle w/head of Dharma welded to bell base. Petal lotus in dome. According to Professor Lewis Lancaster,the face at the base of the handle represents Yum-ma (mother)...
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
October 1969
Materials:
Bronze (metal), Metal, and Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bells (idiophones)
Function:
5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Used by men or priests in religious ceremonies.;held & rung in left hand;associated with 9-10971,which is held in right hand.The use of these two objects stands for the transcendental stage of Buddhism.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 9.5 centimeters and length 18 centimeters
Loans:
S1972-1973 #91: Southeast Asian Studies (UC Berkeley) (May 1, 1973–May 2, 1973) and S1975-1976 #97: Kenneth Versand (May 16, 1976–May 16, 1976)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Bell, accession number 9-10970, described as Bell,metal,for relig.ceremonies;bronze(?);18 cm.Length;9.5 cm.width;brass half-vajra type handle w/head of Dharma welded to bell base. Petal lotus in dome. According to Professor Lewis Lancaster,the face at the base of the handle represents Yum-ma (mother)...Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Bell, accession number 9-10970, described as Bell,metal,for relig.ceremonies;bronze(?);18 cm.Length;9.5 cm.width;brass half-vajra type handle w/head of Dharma welded to bell base. Petal lotus in dome. According to Professor Lewis Lancaster,the face at the base of the handle represents Yum-ma (mother)...

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