Bell W/ 2-Face Handle
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1986
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. IRON BELL (MISSING CLAPPER) HAS CARVED WOODEN HANDLE. LONG OVAL FACES SHARE SMOOTH CONICAL HAIRSTYLE W/ HAIR PARTS JUTTING OUT AT EARS AND FALLING DOWN. SAME ALMOND-SHAPED EYES, STRAIGHT NOSE, AND SMALL MOUTH. LONG, CYLINDRICAL NECK ENDS IN DIAMOND-SHAPE W/ HOLLOW CENTER. LABELS "S.325.77" AND "A." CONDITION: LONG CRACK ALONG ONE SIDE OF BELL. EXTERIOR EDGES COVERED W/ WHITE ENCRUSTATION. BADLY RUSTED. HANDLE HAS LOST PATINA W/ SURFACE LOSSES.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kota (not certain), Gabon (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428145-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bell
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 50.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15.2 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 11 cm