Bell
41-5-24
From: Panama | Veraguas
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 41-5-24 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Panama | Veraguas |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Gold |
| Description | Double bell. Spheroid slit lower part with rattling pellets. Two identical parts connected by two small bars, now broken apart. Each upper part is anthropomorphic bat [?] with small relief limbs. Large demoniacal heads with protuberant eyes and crest. Find ornate work. Gold surface eroded in a few places. Original broad flat background mostly missing. |
| Height | 2 cm |
| Length | 4 cm |
| Width | 5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Juan Gratacos, 1941 |
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