Bell

Dan people, Liberia, African

  • Titles Bell (Descriptive)
  • Medium cast metal
  • Dimensions 1 x 5/8 x 5/8 in. (2.5 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Drs. Noble and Jean Endicott, 1991.1137.6
  • Work Type bell
  • Classification Furnishings and Equipment

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Helmet mask with female face has glossy, black surface, elaborate plaited coiffure, band of horizontal marks on forehead, slitted eyes, bulging rings around neck, and black raffia fringe attached to base.
Headdress in the form of a female figure.
Oval-shaped vessel tapers to narrow, flat base. Narrow curved neck has flaring rim; shoulder has five rows of raised bumps. Body of vessel has four rows of repeating incised garlands.
Spoon (Saawa), Asante people or, Baule people, Akan group, Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, African, brass