Provenance

4 events

Production

1500 (year approximate) to February 22, 1897 (day approximate)

The object was produced by Unknown member(s) of the Igun-Ẹrọnmwọn guild in Benin City.

Looted

February 22, 1897 (day approximate) to June 1899 (year approximate)

The object was looted by February 1897 Unknown member of the British colonial military campaign on Benin from Benin Kingdom.

Unknown

1963 (approximate)

The object is known to have come into contact with William Russell Bascom, later in Berkeley.

Donation

1963

The object was donated by William Russell Bascom to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley in Berkeley.

Institution data

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley

The data was transferred directly by the institution.

Last updated: 2022-01-12

Language: english

Institution field	Value
Accession number object id	Acc.1770
Alternate number object id	TBD (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Museum number object id	5-3360
Description description	Rectangular, truncated, brass bell with strap handle. Geometric all-over design. Height: 7.0 inches.
Materials material	Brass (alloy)
Object type object type	ethnography
Object count object count	1
Donor prior source	University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collector provenance	William Russell Bascom
Collection date date collected	July 1963
Collection place place collected	Benin City, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. Place place collected	Africa; Nigeria; Benin City; Bini
Culture or time period ethnic attribution	Bini Tribe
Department department and institution	Cat. 5 - Africa (except the Hearst Reisner Egyptian Collection)
Accession date accession date	1963
Comment notes	Murdock 31:19Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue card is the Appraisers number; not a Bascom index number.
Permalink weblink	ark:/21549/hm21050003360
Function	5.4 Secular and Religious Musical Instruments

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