Double Bell (Kingonja)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1892
name: label: Donor Name
content: Carl Steckelmann
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Made of wrought iron; each bell is made of two thin plates of wrought iron, each plate is a longitudinal half section of a long cone with narrow flat wings down each side. The two plates are placed upon each other, forming a hollow, conical figure, and the flat wings welded together forming two bells with projecting longitudinal wings. These bells are united at their apex by a loop of iron bringing the bells side by side. Such bells are used by the native kings or chiefs when they approach a town or village as a signal of his not always welcome visit. Illus. in Bulletin 136, USNM, Pl. 5-f, p.118."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Jan 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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: E95220-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bell
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 33 cm
label: Width
content: 24.1 cm
label: Thickness
content: 7.938 cm