Iron Bell W/ Carved Head 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 (CLAPPER MISSING) HAS CARVED WOODEN HANDLE FEATURING A SQUARE HEAD W/ STRAIGHT HAIRSTYLE THAT CURVES UP PAST FOREHEAD. HAIRSTYLE IS DIVIDED INTO 3 PARTS W/ DEEP GROOVES. HAS SCULPTED EARS, BROWS, RAISED EYES, SMALL TRIANGULAR NOSE, & OPEN OVAL MOUTH. THE BACK OF THE CYLINDRICAL HANDLE HAS AN INCISED X. A METAL STRIP IS TIED INTO A LOOP AROUND JOIN. LABEL "84." CONDITION: BELL HEAVILY RUSTED. BIG LOSS IN THE BACK. LONG CRACK RUNNING THE LENGTH IF HANDLE IN THE BACK. LEFT EAR IS MISSING.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, 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: E428144-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bell
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 41.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 12.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 9.5 cm