Iron bell or aza with knife-shaped handle

Made:
1880-1920
Iron bell or aza with knife-shaped handle

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Iron bell or aza with knife-shaped handle
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Iron bell or aza with knife-shaped handle, probably ritualistic in function, Benin, West Africa, 1880-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A59086
Materials:
iron
type:
bell - idiophone
credit:
Nevins, H.