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Pre-Columbian Americas Maya culture (?), Quemistlán, Santa Bárbara, Honduras (?) Bell Late Classic/Early Post-Classic period, A.D. 900–100 Copper H. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm) Raymond and Laura Wielgus Collection Indiana University Art Museum, 81.32.2 The most common Pre-Columbian metal objects, bells were worn as necklaces, anklets, and attachments to clothing and were carried as dance rattles. This bell is something of an enigma, however. While the round face and puffy cheeks and eyelids recall the Maya Fat God, we cannot identify it positively, nor are we certain whether the bell was made by Maya craftsmen or traded into the area. |
