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Shape: Bell with an openwork cast top and a thick strand of pearls as a handle on it Catalogue details: "Bell made of brass on a thick strand interwoven with pearls. On the bell a high top made of frogs. A second brass bell hangs in the bell as a clapper. Bamum." The beads are red and blue.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 21 x 11,3 x 8,2 cm
Gewicht: 0,79 kg
Material/Technique
Brass, Glass bead, Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 25645

Provenance and sources

when
19th century (end)
where
Cameroon [Land]
Grassland [Region]
who
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)

who
Ankermann, Bernhard - Collectors

Description
Purchase from Dr Ankermann 1909

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED

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