- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Pellet bell of copper, with fishtail-shaped handle which is perforated. [El.B 31/10/2013]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Japanese
- Person
- Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh
- PRM source Wellcome Institute
- PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1985
- Date collected
- by 1985
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1985
- Materials and processes
- Material Copper Metal, Process Cast, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Width: max 30 mm, Length: max 47 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1985.53.543
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