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Mule bell
19th century
Object Place: Athens, Greece
Medium/Technique
Iron
Dimensions
Height 14.9 cm, width 17.6 cm, depth 11.5 cm (Height 5 7/8 in., width 6 15/16 in., depth 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.2038
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsMusical Instruments
ClassificationsMusical instruments – Idiophones
DescriptionWrought iron, with remnants of copper plating inside. Upper part egg-shaped, lower part elongated into an ellipsoidal opening of smaller size. Square loop on the long iron tongue. Made of one piece of sheet iron, hammered into shape, overlapped and welded on the sides.
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)