Bell Item Number: Sf687 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Gold foil bell with a long, rolled clapper and an overall cylindrical shape. The clapper is suspended through a hole in the bell and ends in a hook, now broken, at the top of the bell. The top of the bell is flat and decorated with repousse dots around the centre and at the edge. One seam closes the bell form.
History Of Use
Probably attached to ornament, clothing or staff.
Narrative
Pre-Conquest, before 1532 C.E.
Item History
What
- Name
- Bell
- Identification Number
- Sf687
- Type of Item
- bell
- Material
- gold metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- hammered, rolled and embossed
- Overall
- height 2.8 cm, diameter 1.5 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Peru
When
- Creation Date
- before 1532
- Collection Date
- between 1949 and 1966
- Ownership Date
- before May 4, 1981
- Acquisition Date
- on May 4, 1981
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 0711/0189