Brass bell topped with a sculpture of a person's head

Made:: 1851-1920 in Benin

maker:: Yoruba people

Brass bell with ringed top in form of chief's head

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Brass bell with ringed top in form of chief's head
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Brass bell with ringed top in form of chief's head, clapper made of iron, metal case split, found on altar of Shango belonging to Benin chief, Yoruba, West African, 1851-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A59137

Materials:: brass and clapper, iron

type:: bell - idiophone

credit:: Nevins, H.

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