Bell
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. METAL BELL (CLAPPER MISSING) HAS CARVED WOODEN HANDLE. END OF HANDLE IS A HEAD W/ INCISED HAIRSTYLE. FACE HAS BROWS, ALMOND-SHAPED EYES, SMALL NOSE, AND OPEN MOUTH. HAS ELONGATED NECK. BELOW THAT IS A CARVED BAND W/ RAISED DIAMOND-SHAPED PATTERN. IN THE BACK, BELOW THE CARVED BAND IS A SEMI-CIRCULAR DEPRESSION. HAS A BRAIDED SHINY COTTON STRING KNOTTED AROUND HANDLE. LABELS "84," "5180," "FANG (GABON),"AND "AFRICAN S.317.77." CONDITION: CRACK ALONG BACK OF HANDLE, NEAR JOINT.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fang (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428138-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bell
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 45.8 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 12.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 10 cm