Bell

Bell

Public Domain

CultureCoclé
Titles
  • Bell
Date300–1550 AD
MediumGold
Dimensions3 3/8 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (8.6 × 3.8 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1221
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance(Lot #58 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 23, 1992);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1221

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