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.

Exhibitions

• Gold of the Ancient Americas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2015.

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

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1911, from Tiffany & Co.