- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Clapper bell
- Geographical reference
- West Papua
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Anthropological Institute (later Royal Anthropological Institute)
- PRM source Royal Anthropological Institute
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1892
- Date collected
- By 1892
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1893 Loaned: 1893
- Materials and processes
- Material Shell, Material Dog Tooth Animal, Material String, Process Sawn, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Length: max 50 mm, Width: max 18 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1903.129.17
Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Bell
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