Registration Number: Af1920,1106.20
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Language: English
Registration NumberObject ID
Af1920,1106.20
Object Name - CommentDesignation
Object Name - Object NameDesignation
bell
TitleDesignation
Title translationDesignation
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Object History Note / Acquisition NoteDescription, Provenance, Notes
Acquired by Arthur Unwin while working in Nigeria, 1904-1917.
Physical descriptionDescription
Bell; lost-wax cast in brass. Quadrangular in form with slightly flaring sides and strap handle. Decorated with double spirals (stylised Portuguese head?) in low relief. Background latticework pattern with impressed circles on front, back and side panels. Circular bosses on all corners. Long iron clapper suspended from top of bell.
MaterialMaterial
brass~iron
Material - CommentMaterial
~
DimensionDimensions
H~W~X~M
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Dimension measurement unitDimensions
cm~cm~cm~g
Dimension noteDimensions
Dimension valueDimensions
10.90~5.60~5.50~218.00
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Production dateDate Made
16thC-19thC
Production date - CommentDate Made
Producer/Artist - AssociationProducer
Producer/Artist - NameProducer
TechniqueProduction Technique
Technique - CommentProduction Technique
Production placeProduction Place
Benin City
Production place - AssociationProduction Place
M
Production place - CommentProduction Place
Production place - Site detailsProduction Place
Previous owner - AssociationPrior Source
Previous owner - CommentPrior Source
Previous owner - NamePrior Source
Acquisition Funding Source NameProvenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name AssociationProvenance
Acquisition Funding Source Name CommentProvenance
Acquisition NameProvenance
Unwin, Arthur Harold
Acquisition Name AssociationProvenance
P
Acquisition Name CommentProvenance
Excavation/Field Collection NoteProvenance
Excavator/Field collector - AssociationProvenance
Excavator/Field collector - NameProvenance
Associated event - AssociationEvent
Associated event - EventEvent
Associated placePlace Collected
Associated place - AssociationPlace Collected
Findspot - AssociationPlace Collected
F
Findspot - CommentPlace Collected
?
Findspot - PlacePlace Collected
Benin City
Findspot - Site detailsPlace Collected
Associated name - AssociationReign Associated Name
Associated name - CommentReign Associated Name
Associated name - NameReign Associated Name
Associated ethnic name - AssociationEthnic Attribution
Associated ethnic name - Ethnic NameEthnic Attribution
Production ethnic name - AssociationEthnic Attribution
M
Production ethnic name - CommentEthnic Attribution
Production ethnic name - Ethnic NameEthnic Attribution
Edo
Responsible departmentDepartment and Institution
E
CommentNotes
See Collection File: Af1920,1106.1-35 (previously Eth. Doc.223): '1 bronze bell'.
Exhibitions Loans and Displays - Current and PastExhibition History
Exhibited: 1970-1973, London, Museum of Mankind, Divine Kingship in Africa
Bibliographic reference - CitationBibliography
Bibliographic reference - CommentBibliography
Bibliographic reference - ReferenceBibliography
ConditionCondition
Good.