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Object Number 16-43-50/B1496
Display Title Eroro (bell)
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Eroro
Inventory Description Percussion, bronze bell, four-sided, loop on top, clapper, incised design
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Benin
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Bronze
Dimensions Overall: 15.3 x 8.3 x 7.9 cm (6 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 16-43-50/B1496
Provenance
Collector British Punitive Force (1897)
Dealer William O. Oldman
Donor Mr. Oric Bates (1916)

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