Bell Pendant

Bell Pendant

Public Domain

CultureTairona
Titles
  • Bell Pendant
Date1000–1550 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions1 1/4 × 1 1/4 × 1 in. (3.2 × 3.2 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1308
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #252 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 14, 1991);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1308

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