Bell

1200–1521

Cast copper

4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen

1959.55.9

Geography:

Guerrero, Mexico

Status:

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

Culture:

Mexico, Guerrero, Oaxaca, or Veracruz

Period:

Late Postclassic Period

Classification:

Musical Instruments

Provenance:

Florence Quittenton Olsen (died 1996) and Frederick H. Olsen (1891–1986), Guilford, Conn., by 1959; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1959

Bibliography:

George A. Kubler, ed., Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 82, 247, no. 134, fig. 73.

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