Bell

AF192

From: Liberia

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF192
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Liberia
Culture Area West Africa
Section African
Materials Bronze
Description

Cast in the form of two concave plates (holding between them a movable metal ball) and a clawlike double handle with an imitation of plaited cord on the outside of the curves. Decorated in relief with ridges separating groups of concentric arcs, the whole surrounding a circle containing a cross.

Height 4.5 cm
Length 13.8 cm
Width 10.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Sarah (William D.) Frishmuth, 1900

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