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Iron bells with handle covered with reptile skin
Iron bells with handle covered with reptile skin
Object Number 35-31-50/1265
Display Title Iron bells with handle covered with reptile skin
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bells, conical withflattened edges, square cut-out handle cover'd in animal skin
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Baya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, eastern
Materials Metal, Animal skin, Thread
Dimensions Overall: 26.8 x 30 x 10.8 cm (10 9/16 x 11 13/16 x 4 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 35-31-50/1265
Provenance
Collector George Schwab (1934-1935 - 1935)

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