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Bell pendant

Veraguas-Gran Chiriquí (?)
A.D. 900–1550
Object Place: Chiriquí or Diquís, Panama or Costa Rica

Medium/Technique Gold
Dimensions 2.5 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm (1 x 9/16 x 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Catherine C. Lastavica in memory of Thomas and Rosamond Barbour, Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, III and Catherine Coolidge
Accession Number1985.912
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsGold

DescriptionCast gold bell. Suspension ring at top was cast askew and has a small nubbin of extra metal at its top.
ProvenanceDescended in the Coolidge Family, Massachusetts; to Catherine Coolidge Lastavica in 1958; lent to MFA January 25, 1983; to MFA, December 1985, gift of Catherine Coolidge Lastavica.