Object Details
- Description
- Found on the wreck of the propeller steamer Indiana, a bell as small as this one would have been too small to serve as a fog signal for any distance. It probably would have been used to signal crew watch changes, as a dinner bell, or possibly to signal someone on a nearby shore.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Michigan Department of State, Michigan History Division (through Bruce J. Andrews)
- ID Number
- 1979.1030.15
- catalog number
- 1979.1030.15
- accession number
- 1979.1030
- Object Name
- bell
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 24.37 cm x 12.96 cm; 9 5/8 in x 5 1/8 in
- overall: 9 3/4 in x 5 1/4 in; 24.765 cm x 13.335 cm
- Related Publication
- National Museum of American History. On the Water exhibition website
- Related Web Publication
- http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater
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- Work and Industry: Maritime
- Food
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Cultures & Communities
- Work
- Transportation
- On the Water exhibit
- Domestic Furnishings
- Exhibition
- On the Water
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- related event
- Expansion and Reform
- Record ID
- nmah_1155741
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-c68f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
