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Bell, Metal

Tikar Anthropomorphic Bell

Cameroon
Tikar

Bronze
ca. Mid-20th century

Height: 14.5 inches Bell Diameter: 3.75 inches
Idiophone - Struck Directly - Bell

This ancestral (anthropomorphic) figural bell comes from the grasslands of Cameroon. Traditional stylized features of the Tikar artisans.

 

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Catalog#: AF-IDST-41-2