QuickCheck: Does the British Museum have a bronze bell from Selangor?


The bell as seen in the British Museum. Image credit: Gryffindor, Wikimedia Commons.

WHEN many think of the British Museum in London and its collection of Asian artifacts, many tend to think of the millennia-old history of India, China and Japan or the ancient civilisations that emerged in Cambodia or Indonesia.

Having said that, it has been said over the years that the British Museum also has an ancient bell from Selangor in its collection. Is this true?

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