bell(double)
- Museum number
- Af,+.245
- Description
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Carved ivory double bell; each part of a quatrefoil shape, the panels alternately plain and engraved with a diaper pattern; no clappers.
- Production date
- 1877 (before)
- Dimensions
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Length: 12.60 centimetres
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Width: 4 centimetres
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Depth: 3.75 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Read & Dalton 1899:
Ivory double bell. Each part of a quatrefoil shape, the panels alternately plain and engraved with a diaper pattern; no clappers.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1877
- Acquisition notes
- Af,+.234 to 255 were acquired by A W Franks from the collector Rev. J G Wood, and were presented by him to the BM on 1 September 1877. This was recorded as from West Africa, and later included in Read & Dalton's work on Benin.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af,+.245
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Af1877C2.245 (old CDMS no.)