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Bell (wood)

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SMT1217014
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Bell (wood)
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Congolese / African
Location
National Museum of African American History & Culture, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA
Medium
wood
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In the Kongo region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, bells are associated with hunting. Because Kongo hunting dogs are a breed that cannot bark, they are located by their bells. The ritual specialist, a different type of hunter, used a bell in invocations summoning spirits to heal or seek justice. The sound came from wooden clappers, missing from this example.

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figurine / sculpture / art / figure / african / africa / figures / ethnographic / bells / bell / figurines / artefact / seated / artifact / ethnography / artefacts / democratic republic of the congo / carvings / artifacts / dibu / drc / kongo
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Largest available format 3199 × 4014 px 3 MB
Dimension [pixels] Dimension in 300dpi [mm] File size [MB]
Large 3199 × 4014 px 271 × 340 mm 3.0 MB
Medium 816 × 1024 px 69 × 87 mm 809 KB

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