War Bell Of Wrought Iron
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1895
name: label: Collector
content: Richard D. Mohun
label: Donor Name
content: U. S. Department Of State
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARDS: "ILLUS. IN USNM BULL. 136, P1. 5J, P. 118. TWO PIECES OF WROUGHT IRON SHAPED TO FORM A LONG CONE, THEIR LONGITUDINAL EDGES WELDED TOGETHER TO FORM A WING-LIKE A JOINT. AT UPPER OR SMALL CLOSED END A TAPERING JOINT IS FORMED. AT MOUTH EACH SIDE IS ROUNDED MAKING EACH MIDDLE 2 3/8 INCHES LONGER THAN ITS EDGES AT THE JOINTS. NO CLAPPER. LOANED TO NMAH-LIFE IN AMERICA 10-29-84. L OAN RETURNED: JUN 13 1990." "...(j) Cat. No. 174,751- Africa. Collected by Dorsey Mohun, 1894. Conical bell consisting of two pieces of thin wrought iron. No clapper. Used by Bassonga tribe, Lukenia River, East Congo, West Africa. [Baluba]..."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Sep 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lukenie River, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Songo Meno
label: Culture
content: (Basongo Meno)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029024
label: USNM Number
content: E174751-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bell
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 49.5 cm
label: Length - Body
content: 38.74 cm