Humanoid bell head ("Birmingham bell") · Nigeria, Lower Niger · ID: 3047969
sold
EUR 650
Provenance
Gert Stoll, Berchtesgaden, GermanySize
H: 16 cm
H: 6.3 inch
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.
Comparing literature
Peek, Philip M., The Lower Niger Bronzes, New York, London 2021, p. 142, Figure 11.4