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Bell

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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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
Object type
musical instruments
Dimensions
Height: 21 cm
Depth: 8,2 cm
Width: 11,3 cm
Weight: 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

  • Production
    when
    19th century (end)
    where
    Cameroon
    Grassland
    who
    Bamun (Bamum, Mamum, Bamoun, Mamoun, Mamoum)
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase from Dr Ankermann 1909
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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