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Object Number 37-30-60/2803
Display Title Elephant bell of rough cast bell metal with 21 prongs.
Descriptions
Object Description Elephant bell of rough cast bell metal with 21 prongs. Heavy ovoid clapper suspended by an iron hook.
Inventory Description Bell, bronze circular vessel with curved prongs, hanging clapper on iron hook
Classification
  • Percussion
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / India
Materials Iron, Bronze
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm (5 x 5 x 5 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-30-60/2803; W-15; 15

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