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Catalogue No.:
EA1976.772
Institution media
1 Images
Digital Benin research
Edo designation
Ẹroro
English designation
Bell
Category
Altar & Shrine Objects
Musical Instruments
Provenance
Webster, William Downing
Location
11 Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand
Institution data
Internal Data (eng)
Internal Data (eng)
Canterbury Museum
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Last Updated: 2021-12-07
Language:
english
Accession No
object id
Catalogue No.
object id
EA1976.772
Old Accession No.
object id
Other Id
object id
EA1976.772, E1697.0
Primary Number
object id
EA1976.772
Brief Description
description
Brass bell with a tapered rectangular brass body with suspension handle in a plain loop form, and an iron clapper suspended inside. Bells were worn by priests and at sacrificial and other ritual ceremonies.
Media Materials
material
Brass/Metal
Measurement Notes Y N display
dimensions
Measurement Precision Y N display
dimensions
Precise, Precise, Precise
Measurement Reading primary system Y display only
dimensions
155mm, 85 x 85mm, 45 x 45mm
Measurement Reading secondary system Y display only
dimensions
6 1/8", 3 3/8 x 3 3/8", 1 3/4 x 1 3/4"
Measurement Type Y display only
dimensions
Height, Dimensions (LxWxH), Dimensions (LxWxH)
Name Title
object type
Bell
Item Count
object count
Primary Prod Date
date made
Primary Prod Date Notes
date made
Primary Prod Place
production place
Benin City/Nigeria/Africa
Acquisition Source Role
prior source role
Vendor
Acq Source Report
provenance
Websters
Acquisition Notes
provenance
London auction
Acquisition Source
provenance
Websters
Donor report
provenance
Websters
Provenance Notes
provenance
KING SOLOMON'S MINE
Accession Date
accession date
1898
Acquisition Date
accession date
30 August 1898
Acquisition Method
accession method
Purchase
Associated Notes
notes
Production Notes
notes
Related Outward Loan
exhibition history
Documentation Article
bibliography
Roger Fyfe and Sarah Murray. “Benin Art in Canterbury Museum”. Records of the Canterbury Museum. Vol 28, 2014. Pg 7- 30.
Condition Date
condition
Condition Keyword
condition
Condition Notes
condition
Condition Part
condition
Condition Person
condition
Current Condition
condition
Current Condition Date
condition
Current Condition Description
condition
Current Condition Part
condition
Current Condition Person
condition
Image Publication Status
images
Has image(s)
Image Ref - Full path
images
\\cm-fp4\vernon images\Collection Images\Catalogue Numbers\EA nos\EA1976.772 Bell.jpg, \\cm-fp4\vernon images\Collection Images\1971 - 1980\1976\ea1976_772_benin.jpg
Image Ref - Relative path
images
Catalogue Numbers\EA nos\EA1976.772 Bell.jpg, 1971 - 1980\1976\ea1976_772_benin.jpg
Photo Audio-Visual Ref
images
Catalogue Numbers\EA nos\EA1976.772 Bell.jpg (Image (Electronic)), 1971 - 1980\1976\ea1976_772_benin.jpg (Image (Electronic))
Primary Image
images
\\cm-fp4\vernon images\Collection Images\Catalogue Numbers\EA nos\EA1976.772 Bell.jpg
Cataloguer
Paul Hobson, Miss Natasha Carson
Classification
bell/Ceremonial Artefact
Collecting Unit
Anthropology/Foreign
Curator
Curator Comments Date
Curator Comments Remarks
Current
Date Catalogued
26 June 2008, 23 March 2004
Loan In Details
Loan Out Details
Location General Notes
RECAT. EA1976.770 (CQ1)
Other Id Notes
Other Id Type
Catalogue Number, Card Number
Procedural Status
Catalogued
Record Created Date
30-Jun-01
System ID
63723
Treatment Date
Treatment Keyword
Treatment Notes
Treatment Part
Treatment Person