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Decorated with a human face and incised patterns, bells like this were worn around the neck as symbols of high rank, were sounded to communicate with ancestors or were placed on altars.
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Title: Bell
Date: 19th century
Geography: Nigeria or Benin
Culture: Nigerian
Medium: Metal
Dimensions: H. 4 in., base 1-1/2 in.
Classification: Idiophone-Struck-bell-without clapper
Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Accession Number: 89.4.1841
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