Bell

Tairona

1000–1500 CE

Bell by Tairona

Medium

Tumbaga (alloy of gold and copper)

Dimensions

1 3/4 × 1 9/16 × 1 1/2 in. (4.4 × 4 × 3.8 cm)

Classification

Idiophone-Shaken-crotal bell

Culture & Period

Colombian · Pre-Columbian

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 2004

Accession Number

2004.49

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