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Bell Pendant of a Dog
(Ancient Americas )
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 dog on the top. The loop for suspension is behind the dog's body.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Panama (Veraguas-Gran Chiriquí) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 3/16 × W: 1 9/16 × L: 1 7/8 in. (5.5 × 4 × 4.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1911
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.307