Bell Of Wood
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1892
name: label: Donor Name
content: Carl Steckelmann
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "This is not used to send messages, but is used in secret societies to provide rhythms fir dancing, and may be used to warn non-members away from the rites- Ref.: Söderberg, Bertil, "Les Instruments de Musique au Bas-Congo et dans les Regions Avoisinantes", pp. 71-72. Restoration and preservation-9/6/63 Carved from a block of light colored soft wood, a crescent form. On the concave edge is a narrow and deep mortise. It is suspended by a cord and beaten with a drumstick, a round stick denuded of its bark. See: "The Lemba Cult", Oscar Stenström, in Ethnos, 1969, 1-4, page 37-57; see especially illustration, figure 1, page 39. G.D. Gibson"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Jan 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Congo, Republic of, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Western Congo Tribes
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 026257
label: USNM Number
content: E95222-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bell
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 35.243 cm
label: Width
content: 12.383 cm
label: Thickness
content: 5.397 cm
label: Length - Drum Stick
content: 32.38 cm
label: Diameter - Drum Stick
content: 1.91 cm