bell
- Museum number
- Af1954,23.698
- Title
- Series: Lower Niger Bronzes
- Description
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Bell; lost-wax cast in copper alloy; cylindrical flared form with looped strap handle, hole and bronze clapper suspended inside. Outside of bell decorated with raised geometric patterns.
- Production date
- 19th-20thC(early) (?)
- Dimensions
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Height: 17 centimetres
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Weight: 244 grammes
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Width: 8.60 centimetres
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Depth: 8.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1954
"Bronze bell."
Jeffreys Collection.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1954
- Acquisition notes
- Af1954,23.680 to 709 are recorded as having been collected by M D W Jeffreys.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1954,23.698
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 120401 (Wellcome Collection Number)