Damaged bell of very thin cast metal. Lattice pattern in low relief.

Collection type: Object
Description: Damaged bell of very thin cast metal. Lattice pattern in low relief.
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Benin area Nzin; Cameroon
Africa > Central Africa > Cameroon
Person: Field collector Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1946
Date collected: By 1946 probably 1897
Acquisition information: Donated: 1946
Materials and processes: Material Tin Metal, Process Lost Wax Cast, Process Decorated
Dimensions: Width: max 80 mm, Height: max 172 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1946.6.80
Research and responses: It is not clear (i) that 'Nzin' indeed refers ot a region or to a group, and (ii) how it was known that this item is Edo (the group entered, without question mark, on the original of this computer entry), a term not given in the accession book entry. [SD 6/6/2000]
Associated publications: Listed as no B9/10 on p. 2.1.32 in Philip J. C. Dark, An Illustrated Catalogue of Benin Art, Boston, MA: G. K. Hall, 1982. [HLR]

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