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**Originally Listed At $400**

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Mixtec, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A collection of Mixtec copper bells suspended from wire hoops and 2 shell beads threaded onto suspension hoops as ornaments, displayed in a modern case. The jangling sound of bells was part of the rituals carried out to honor the gods and bells were worn as jewelry or sewn to clothing. The tinkling perhaps emulated the sound of rain, water, or other mystical phenomena and Coyolxauhqui, Huitzilopochtli, and Tlaloc were deities specifically associated with bells and venerated in various parts of Mesoamerica. Size of ring hoops: 1" L (2.5 cm); case: 8.25" L x 6.25" W (21 cm x 15.9 cm)

Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-private Arkansas, USA collection, via descent in 2021; ex-private Florida estate, USA, acquired from the 1960s to 1970s

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#176471

  • Condition: Losses and fragmentary pieces. Missing clapper balls in some bells, but many are intact and bells emit sound. Fusing together due to mineral deposits and patina. Displayed in Riker case.

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