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Bell, Metal

Tikar Bell with Frog Motif Finial

Cameroon
Tikar

Bronze
ca. Mid-20th century


Idiophone - Struck Directly - Bell

Tikar bronze bell with stylized frog motif finial. Bells often served as alter objects that were usually placed towards the front of ancestral altars where they could be readily rung to signal the commencement of a ceremony.

 

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Catalog#: AF-IDST-23-2