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Source Description
Bells played an important role in ritual activities, costume decoration, and burial offerings. This oval bell has an opening at the bottom and a loop attached at the top.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
14606
label
Bell Pendant
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
14606
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Bell Pendant
description
Bells played an important role in ritual activities, costume decoration, and burial offerings. This oval bell has an opening at the bottom and a loop attached at the top.
provenance
[Found at a graveyard between Divalá (a village on the outskirts of settled Panama, thirty miles west of David in the province of Chiriqui) and Costa Rica, Spring 1909]; purchased [1] by Tiffany & Co. New York, 1910; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] from ""Indians,"" see December 29, 1910 correspondance from Tiffany & Co. to Henry Walters
date
800-1521 (Pre-Early Conquest)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
pendants (jewelry)
bells (idiophones)
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2
height
1.3
depth
1
dimensionsRaw
Overall: H: 13/16 × W: 1/2 × D: 3/8 in. (2 × 1.3 × 1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Veraguas-Gran Chiriquí
med
gold alloy
creator_ids
15521
collection_ids
AME
exhibition_ids
3381
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
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835118f41f08009b
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
0211dc501aa6e678
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no