FMNH 210327.nosub[1]

  • 210327 metal; bronze bell staff
    Photographer: Mr. Christopher J. Philipp : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
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    Description: reference image in mount
  • 210327 metal; bronze bell staff
    Photographer: Diane Alexander White : Field Museum of Natural History
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    Description: Bronze bell idiophone. ibis [bird] effigy
  • 210327 metal; bronze bell staff
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    Description: Overall Proper Left
  • 210327 metal; bronze bell staff
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  • 210327 metal; bronze bell staff - verify cat# 210327
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    Description: verify cat# 210327 Brass or Brass bell idiophone with ibis [bird]
  • 210327 metal; bronze bell staff
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Bronze bell idiophone. ibis [bird] effigy
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    Scanner: Mr. Christopher J. Philipp : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
    Transcriber: Julia W. Kennedy : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | 22-35 | Provenience: Benin, Nigeria | People or Culture: Bini | Object: Idiophone | Material: Bronze | Description: Catalogue plate V. An idiophone formed of a handle surmounted by an ibis with a pellet in its mouth and its wings spread. Photo on reverse side | Dimensions: (in cm.) Ht. 33.6 | Collection: Fuller Collection: presented by Mrs. A.W.F. Fuller, 13 November 1963 [LEFT MARGIN] A | ENT | 210327 | Field No. 204 R. 2/66 | Neg. No. 99483 | Acc. 2815 [BACK] [PHOTOGRAPH]
Catalog Number: 210327.nosub[1]
Description: bell staff
Materials: metal; bronze
Cultural Attribution: Edo
Locality: Africa, Nigeria, Edo, Benin Kingdom, Benin City: Benin City
Accession Number: [2815] Mrs. A. W. F. Fuller (Gift)
Accession Year: 1963
Other Numbers: R. 2/66, 204, V, 114184, 105153, 99483
Country: Nigeria
Province/State: Edo
City/Town: Benin City
Collector/Source: Mrs. Estelle Fuller, Captain Alfred W. F. Fuller
EMu IRN: 1115558
GUID: d5505926-abf1-4e22-a31e-87b18ed304aa

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