Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 04282

Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 04282
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 04282
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 04282

 

Object description
This information was provided by the German museum where the object is currently located or where it was located prior to restitution.

Object Name Bell
Description Without clapper. Conically curved. Ornamented on 4 sides, main ornamental face with spiral nose. Strong casting defects, holes LIT Ben Amos 1980: 60 - ancestral altar (s. Zit. zu 13600)
Type Idiophone
Materials Brass casting/Yellow casting;, very lead-rich brass grade with significantly elevated trace element concentrations
Size, Dimensions Height: 18.7 cm
Dating of Object

Museum / Collection / Acquisition
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Museum Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Museum Inv.-No 04282
Collector Hans(?) Schaumburg
Acquisition date approx. 1910
Circumstances of acquisition - 1904?: Hans? Schaumburg, acquired in Nigeria?
- ca. 1906: Städtisches Völkermuseum, Frankfurt;
Purchase from Schaumburg
   
Notes

Current ownership status and location

Status
Date of last status change
Current ownership
Holding institution
Current location

Categorization for the search functions
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Object Type bell
Materials metal; brass
Tags

Dataset

ID 1190
last Change 2022-02-03 11:42:17
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