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A Carved African Ivory Benin Ritual Bell (1700 to 1800 Benin)

Medium

Ivory

Dimensions

27.00cm high (10.63 inches high)

Provenance

Provenance : From the collection of an English Private Museum

Literature

These bells were used on royal ancestral altars by priests in their rituals to call up the ancestors at the beginning of the ceremony .
Probably carved by an Edo artist this bell has been hollowed out in order to fix a clapper inside .

Description / Expertise

A Carved African Ivory Benin Ritual Bell . Old dark aged patina
18 th Century

Size : 27 cm long , 4.5 cm dia. – 10½ ins long , 1¾ ins dia.

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