Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 02298
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| Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 02298 | |
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| Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 02298 | |
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 | With clapper, iron (hooked with iron clasp). Ornament on one side applied anthropomorphic face, otherwise diamond lattice.. LIT Ben Amos 1980: The Art of Benin. London Hess in Ben-Amos/Rubin: Power of Art. p. 130ff |
| Type | Idiophone |
| Materials | Brass casting/Yellow casting, very pure brass with extremely high zinc content, no tin, low lead content, extremely low trace element concentrations and significantly increased cadmium |
| Size, Dimensions | Heigth: 13.5 cm |
| Dating of Object | late 19th century |
Museum / Collection / Acquisition
This information was provided by the German museum where the object is currently located or where it was located prior to restitution.
| Museum | Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main |
| Museum Inv.-No | 02298 |
| Collector | Johann Friederich Gustav Umlauff |
| Acquisition date | approx. 1910 |
| Circumstances of acquisition | - […] : The firm J.F.G. Umlauff - ca. 1904: Städtisches Völkermuseum, Frankfurt; Purchase from the firm J.F.G. Umlauff |
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Categorization for the search functions
This information was included by the German Contact Point for Collections from Colonial Contexts and is intended to make the object easier to find in the database.
| Object Type | bell |
| Materials | metal; brass |
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Dataset
| ID | 1211 |
| last Change | 2022-02-03 11:42:17 |
| License | Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main |