IDNO

P.148592.MUS

Description

Documentary photograph of a iron bell, possibly collected and donated by Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey? and now in the care of the MAA, reference Z 21072, described as "A small clapper bell, made from a sheet of iron that has been folded over and sealed at the edges. There is a metal loop with a depression in the middle on top of the bell, and a metal loop on the inside of the bell chamber from which the square-ended clapper is suspended.
Africa; ?East Africa; ?Kenya : Africa; ?West Africa; ?Cameroon" [JD 23/02/2022]

Place

Cultural Affliation

Agikuyu [historically Gikuyu; Kikuyu]

Named Person

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

?Leakey, Louis Seymour Bazett [Object collector & donor]

Date

circa 1950

Collection Name

Museum Objects and Galleries

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.148586.MUS - P.148595.MUS in paper sleeve C981/ were transferred from MAA Archives AA1/1/12 by Jocelyne Dudding 17/01/2018.

Related Archive: Paper Archive AA1/1/12 is described as "Document - Photos of group of ten unidentified artefacts: pottery, knives etc. found in African file, and therefore probably of African origin." [JD 23/02/2022]