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Bell (Image withheld, pending review)
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1910 by Andrew H. Blackiston (1877-1953, a businessman and amateur archaeologist with interests in Latin America) from a cache of more than 800 bells; purchased by George Heye from Andrew Blackiston in 1914.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- AD 1200-1500
- Catalog Number
- 4/313
- Barcode
- 040313.001
- Culture/People
- probably Pipil (archaeological) (attributed)
- Collector
- Andrew H. Blackiston (A.H. Blackiston/Andrew Hooton Blackiston), Non-Indian, 1877-1953
- Previous owner
- Andrew H. Blackiston (A.H. Blackiston/Andrew Hooton Blackiston), Non-Indian, 1877-1953
- Seller
- Andrew H. Blackiston (A.H. Blackiston/Andrew Hooton Blackiston), Non-Indian, 1877-1953
- Object Type
- Music and Sound
- Object Name
- Bell (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Copper
- Techniques
- Cast, incised
- Place
- Quemistlan Bell Cave; Río Chamelecón valley; Cortés Department or Santa Bárbara Department; Honduras
- See related items
- Pipil (archaeological)
- Music and Sound
- Record ID
- NMAI_43393
- Usage
- CC0
