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Go up to the albums list Album 3. Shaman's bells (8 images, size 1.91 MB)
Shaman bell - bronze from Nigeria H: 18,5 cm
African Shaman bell		Clopotul lui Anubis este un clopotel de otel, infatisandu-l pe Zeul Sacal al Egiptului. Origine: Cairo, Egipt. Cadou de la Dr. Florin Popovici
Anubis_bell		Name: Doll with bells: Description: A doll made by clay with two iron bells as ear rings. - Total high: 25 cm; 9,842 inches; - Bells H: 5 cm; 1,968 inches; - base Ø: 2,5 cm; 0,984 inches Acquired from an african antiquities shop. Country origin: Botswana
Botswana - Doll with bells		Hindu FOLK ART bell crudely cast antique depicting GARUDA, the mount of one of the hinduism's premier goods, Vishnu. In hindu mithology, Garuda was a jalf man, half bird creature. Origin: India Measures 5 1/2" tall.
Hindu BIRD MONSTER bell
- Name: India - Bell 6 - Description: Solid bronze bell with clapper. - Total high: 8,5 cm; 3,346 inches; - Bell H: 3,5 cm; 1,378 inches; - base Ø: 4,2 cm; 1,653 inches; - Country of origin: India - Acquired: Acquisition.
India - enjoy bell		Bronze bell from central America, precolumbian period, aprox 1400
Pre-Columbian lizard bell		82. Name: Samanistic bell with external clappers a very nice sound produced by the wooden structure - Description: Wooden bell with two external clappers. Used by shamans in South India - Total high: 5,5 cm; 2,165 inches; - Bells H: 5,0 cm; 1,968 inches; - bell max Ø: 4,0 cm; 1,575 inches; - base Ø: 2,5 cm; 0,984 inches; - Country of origin: India - Acquired: Acquisition
Samanistic bell with external clappers		Senufo brass bracelet, very old, 13-14,th century 5,7 cm diameter and 3 bells The Senufo (the francophone spelling Senoufo is commonly used) are an ethnolinguistic group composed of diverse subgroups of Gur-speaking people living in an area spanning from southern Mali and the extreme western corner of Burkina Faso to Katiola in Côte d'Ivoire. One group, the Nafana, is found in north-western Ghana. The Senufo number somewhere between 1.5 and 2.7 million and speak the various Senufo languages. Korhogo, an ancient town in northern Côte d'Ivoire dating from the 13th century, is the capital of the Senufo people. The Senufo are predominantly an agricultural people cultivating millet, yams, peanut, and rice.
Senufo brass bracelet

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