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Object Number 48-58-70/3208
Display Title Brass prayer bell dating back before 1920
Descriptions
Inventory Description Prayer bell, brass with glass beads, 4-pronged finial top, clapper intact
Classification
  • Special
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Indonesia / Lesser Sunda Islands / Bali / <City> / Kloeng Koeng
Materials Brass
Dimensions Overall: 17.7 x 6.7 x 6.8 cm (6 15/16 x 2 5/8 x 2 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-58-70/3208

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