Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 02299

Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 02299
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main: 02299

 

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 Strong copper content. Clapper and clasp to hang iron. On one side applied spiral clasp, otherwise diamond mesh. Back side without ornament. Casting defects esp. inside.
Type Idiophone
Materials Brass casting/Yellow casting; iron; 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: 10.4 cm
Dating of Object late 19th century

Museum / Collection / Acquisition
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Museum Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Museum Inv.-No 02299
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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Current ownership status and location

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

ID 1212
last Change 2022-02-03 11:42:17
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