Humanoid bell head ("Birmingham bell")

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Description

bronze, with clapper

During the late 19th century, when Nigeria was a British colony, effigy bells were made in England (Birmingham) and traded in the Niger Delta.

The present specimen is probably a “Birmingham bell”. A comparative piece is illustrated in Peek, 2021, p. 142, Fig. 11.4.

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Comparing literature

Peek, Philip M., The Lower Niger Bronzes, New York, London 2021, p. 142, Figure 11.4

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