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Brass trade bells
Object Number 17-41-50/B1956
Display Title Brass trade bells
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bells, brass bells with clappers, loop on top
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Materials Metal
Dimensions Overall: 4 x 3.9 x 3.9 cm (1 9/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object B1956
Provenance
Collector Lt. G. Mackenzie (1880-1899)
Dealer William O. Oldman (1917)
Donor Prof. A. C. Coolidge (1917 - 1917)
Donor Mr. Oric Bates (1917 - 1917)
Donor Mrs. George P. Howe (1917 - 1917)

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