Bell · Nigeria, Lower Niger / Cross River area · ID: 3048043
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Size
H: 17,5 cm
H: 6.9 inch
Description
copper alloy (bronze, brass), corrosion, missing part
Comparable bells, five of which were attached side by side to a leather bag, illustrated in Peek, 2021, p. 135, Fig. 11.2.
The object Bell with the object ID 3048043 was last part of the auction 96th Auction at April 24, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 209.
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Comparing literature
Peek, Philip M., The Lower Niger Bronzes, New York, London 2021, p. 135, Fig. 11.2
Publications
AHDRC: compare 0178670