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1941.2.118

Bell.

1941.2.118

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Collection type
Object
Description
Bell.
Long description
Quadrangular clapper bell cast by the cire perdu process. Fine example. Front of the bell decorated with a small mask, of the other three sides two have 'tree' motifs and the third has a lattice design. The long clapper is attached to a metal staple through the hole in the centre of the crown.
Geographical reference
Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Benin
Cultural groups
Edo
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Irene Marguerite Beasley
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1932
Date collected
By 1932 probably 1897
Acquisition information
Donated: 1941
Materials and processes
Material Bronze Metal, Process Lost Wax Cast
Dimensions
Length: max 225 mm, Height: max 123 mm, Width: max 110 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1941.2.118 Other numbers: 16.2.1932
Associated publications
Listed as no B9/29 on p. 2.1.32 in Philip J. C. Dark, An Illustrated Catalogue of Benin Art, Boston, MA: G. K. Hall, 1982.

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