Bell

Lower Niger, African

  • Titles Bell (Descriptive)
  • Medium cast bronze
  • Dimensions 5 1/2 x 2 x 3/4 in. (14 x 5.1 x 1.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Barry Hecht and Toby Hecht, 1988.136
  • Work Type bell
  • Classification Furnishings and Equipment

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Miniature Mask, Lega people, Democratic Republic of the Congo, African, ivory, raffia
Round, black vessel has round mouth with no rim. Horizontal geometric designs incised into shoulder.
Kneeling female figure and child
Surmounted by two bush-cow masks heads on each side