8 UMMA Objects
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Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Ling (bell)
8400 BCE
The Oliver J. Todd Memorial Collection
1974/1.139
Bronze temple bell with traces of polychrome, text, and lowermost handle in shape of a pair of addorsed lions. A decorated post threads through the space created by the back-to-back lions, on which an additional handle decorated with addorsed dragons is thread. The open space created between the dragons' connecting tails is where part of a frame would pass through, suspending the bell above the ground. This type of bell does not have a metal clapper, and is rung by striking with a wooden stick.
Burmese
Temple bell with handle of a pair of addorsed lions and a dragon
1907
Gift of Timothy L. Dickinson and Anja Lehmann
2002/2.237A-C
This is one of a pair of Javanese bells.  A talon-like vajra sits atop the bronze handle.  Lotus petals decorate the base, and the faces encircling the the bell above them depict Prajnaparamita, the bodhisattva aspect of “Perfection of Wisdom.”
Indonesian
Prayer Bell (Lontjeng) (One of a Pair)
1500 – 1699
Museum Purchase
1957/2.53

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Ling (bell) with taotie mask in thread relief
8700 BCE
The Oliver J. Todd Memorial Collection
1974/1.140
Hand-held bell with a short handle ending in a loop. The dome-shaped bell has a pattern of incised lines around the top edge and a grid-like pattern around the lip. Inside the bell hangs a small clapper. 
Bell
1890 – 1910
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
2000/2.38

Burmese
Temple bell with twin crocodile handle and undeciphered inscription
20th century
Gift of Timothy L. Dickinson and Anja Lehmann
2002/2.236A&B
Hand-held bell with a short handle ending in a loop. One side of the handle has a design of incised, diagonal lines. The top of the bell is decorated with horizontal grooves and the bottom edge is decorated with a grid-like design. 
Bell
1890 – 1910
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
2000/2.39
This is one of a pair of Javanese bells.  A talon-like vajra sits atop the bronze handle.  Lotus petals decorate the base, and the faces encircling the the bell above them depict Prajnaparamita, the bodhisattva aspect of “Perfection of Wisdom.”
Indonesian
Vajra bell (Lontjeng) (one of a pair)
1500 – 1699
Museum Purchase
1957/2.54
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