Object Number | AF2103A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Edo (Africa) |
Provenience | Nigeria | Benin Kingdom |
Culture Area | West Africa |
Date Made | 19th century CE |
Section | African |
Materials | Copper Alloy | Brass |
Technique | Lost Wax Casting |
Iconography | Human Face |
Description | Quadrangular bell with strap handle and clapper. Handle decorated with bosses, metal fastener of clapper extends into handle space and forms a loop. Front panel decorated in low relief with human face surounded by wave pattern, stippling and bordered with circles. Other three panels have similar wave, stippling and circle pattern. Edges have rope pattern. |
Height | 15.2 cm |
Width | 7 cm |
Depth | 7.2 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912 |
Other Number | 29812 - Dealer's Number |
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