bell
- Museum number
- Af1949,46.317
- Description
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Dog bell carved in wood, with three tongues and relief decoration.
- Dimensions
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Height: 18.70 centimetres
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Width: 14.40 centimetres
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Depth: 8.60 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register note: "Bakongo. Lower Congo"
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1949
- Acquisition notes
- The series Af1949,46.1 to 845 is the African part of the collection formed by the London dealer William Ockelford Oldman in the years ca.1894-1926, purchased from his widow in 1949. See his biography.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1949,46.317