bell; conical body; incised ornamental band at top; relief ornamentation of representation of human eyes and nose; band loop at top; slender iron clapper; Dimensions: H = 11.0 cm; 4 3/8"
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/c2eaa8fe-2b1a-4c7c-ab03-ab6ba0d50613 (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/14c23e90-ca5d-4d91-a257-67ffb35b0451 (accessed on 13 Jan 2022)