Gong
AF784
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF784 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bushongo |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Culture Area | Central Africa |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Iron |
| Description | Lentoid in section, with flange on each edge; pierced near the base. Iron carrying loop inserted through two pierced holes in top. If this really is a bell, not a gong, the clapper was probably attached to the bottom of the carrying loop. |
| Height | 7.7 cm |
| Length | 23.7 cm |
| Width | 16 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 174 - Field No SF | I-352 - Seder Number |
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