- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Clapper bell
- Long description
- Set crown to crown. Decorative lines incised at waist. Clappers secured by fibre through holes 14 mm from waist. Clapper missing from one side. [HLR]
- Cultural groups
- Ibibio
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1914
- Date collected
- By 1914
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1914
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Hollowed, Process Decorated, Process Perforated, Process Incised
- Dimensions
- Length: max 137 mm, Width: max 70 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1914.26.111
Search terms: Music, Musical Instrument, Bell
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