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Source Description
Bells played an important role in ritual activities, costume decoration, and burial offerings. This bell has a slot in the bottom, and a figure of a parrot on top. The loop for suspension is behind the parrot's body.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
19640
label
Bell Pendant of a Parrot
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
19640
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Bell Pendant of a Parrot
description
Bells played an important role in ritual activities, costume decoration, and burial offerings. This bell has a slot in the bottom, and a figure of a parrot on top. The loop for suspension is behind the parrot's body.
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
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2.5
height
1.6
depth
1.5
dimensionsRaw
Overall: H: 1 × W: 5/8 × D: 9/16 in. (2.5 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Veraguas-Gran Chiriquí
med
gold alloy
creator_ids
15521
collection_ids
AME
exhibition_ids
3381
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
119179178d330287