Ghanti (bell)
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Brass
- Dimensions
- Height: 12 in. (30.5 cm) Diameter: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
- Origin
- Indian
- Department
- Musical Instruments
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Art Genome Taxonomy
8 tags
Subject Matter
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Animals Both · 99%
The catalog lists animals and monkeys as subjects. The image shows a monkey finial and additional animal forms among the decoration on the bell body.
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Zoomorphism Both · 91%
Animal figures are integrated into the object’s design, most prominently in the modeled monkey finial and the animal motifs on the bell’s surface.
Visual Qualities
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 99%
The bell is densely ornamented with repeated geometric and beaded borders, floral motifs, animal imagery, and a detailed modeled finial.
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Symmetrical Visual · 94%
The object is organized around a strong central vertical axis, with a centered finial, concentric bands, and a broadly balanced bell body.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the bell to the last half of the 19th century, within the catalog range of 1850–1900.
Geographic Regions
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Indian Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog gives the place of origin as Indian.
Materials
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Brass Both · 99%
The catalog identifies the medium as brass, and the image shows a warm gold-brown metallic surface consistent with brass.
Antiquities, Artifacts, and Religious Objects
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Musical Instrument Both · 99%
The Metropolitan Museum of Art classifies the object as a Ghanti bell and an idiophone struck bell-clapper; the image clearly shows a flared bell body designed as a sound-producing instrument.
Source & rights
Unknown artist. Ghanti (bell). The Metropolitan Museum of Art.