Bell
MOA: University of British Columbia
3055/193
Metal bell with conical top and rounded bottom. Bell has a rectangular opening in bottom, clapper inside, and fixed metal ring on top. Design on top half of the bell consists of incised concentric circles. Design on bottom half of the bell consists of stacked semi-circles oriented perpendicular to the circles on the top half of the bell. Two upraised lines ending in a spiral design run from the bottom of the ring to the middle of the bell on two sides.
- Type of Item bell
- Culture Asante
- Material bronze metal
- Measurements height 3.4 cm, width 2.5 cm, depth 2.4 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
- Received from Erika H. Sawyer, Museum of Anthropology Acquisitions Budget
- Made in Ghana
- Ownership Date before 2002, before April 16, 2014
- Acquisition Date on April 16, 2014
- Item Classes metalwork
- Condition good
- Accession Number 3055/0193