Bell

Unidentified Maya maker

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Pre-Columbian

Copper

Overall: 15/16 × 1 3/16 × 1 1/4 in. (2.4 × 3 × 3.2 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Victor M. Cutter, Class of 1903W

38.12.5716

Geography

Place Made: Lower Ulúa River Valley, Honduras, Central America

Period

1000-1400

Object Name

Musical Instrument

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Victor M. Cutter, early 1900's; lent to present collection, 1938-1953; bequeathed to Mrs. Victor M. Cutter [Florence deJongh Cutter], 1953; given to present collection, 1953.

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