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ID_NUMBER:
34.63
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Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Ẹroro
English designation
Bell
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Musical Instruments
Provenance
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Location
100 London Rd, London SE23 3PQ, UK
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Horniman Museum and Gardens
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Last Updated: 2022-09-01
Language:
english
ID_NUMBER
object id
34.63
ITEM_NAME
designation
altar piece (ritual & belief: ritual apparatus)
DESCRIPTION
description
Trapezoid bell with banded loop handle made from copper alloy. Sides decorated with incised patterns, one side with anthropomorphic head.
MATERIALS
material
copper alloy
MEASUREMENTS
dimensions
overall: 170 x 78 x 80 mm
DATE_MADE
date made
before 1897
PLACE_MADE
production place
Benin City, Nigeria, West Africa, Africa
CULTURE
ethnic attribution
Edo
CATEGORY1
Anthropology: Ethnography