bell; pyramidal body, edges of base curved; top and bottom edges ornamented; small ornament in relief on one side; ornamented band loop at top; slender iron clapper; Dimensions: H = 20.0 cm; 7 7/8"
Chief Ine of the brassworkers identified this bell as coming from Uhen, a village on the Edo - Yoruba border (The Art of Benin (Dark) exhibition catalog, p.73)
Courtesy of: C. J. Philipp. (c) Field Museum of Natural History. CC BY-NC 4.0. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/c261da06-b3db-483a-9feb-331f494991d0 (accessed on 11 Oct 2021)
Courtesy of: C. J. Philipp, J. W. Kennedy. (c) Field Museum of Natural History. CC BY-NC 4.0. https://mm.fieldmuseum.org/0afdf464-0ffe-4355-93f6-7c70e5a78f85 (accessed on 13 Jan 2022)