Bell W/ 2-Face 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. METAL BELL (CLAPPER MISSING) HAS CARVED WOODEN HANDLE W/ A TWO-FACED HEAD. BOTH FACES SHARE ROUND HAIRSTYLE (OR HEAD GEAR ?) W/ POINTED ENDS CURVING DOWN & JUTTING EARS. SAME FACIAL FEATURES W/ THIN CURVED BROWS, RAISED OVAL EYES, SMALL NOSE, & PURSING OPEN MOUTH. THE REST OF HANDLE IS ROUGHLY CYLINDRICAL AND SMOOTH. LABELS "84," "FANG (GABON)," "S.321.77, 5182." CONDITION: LONG CRACK AT OPENING OF BELL. PIECES OF BELL ARE FLAKING OFF. WHOLE METAL PART IS CORRODED.
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 (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428139-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Bell
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 44 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 12 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 10.5 cm