Context (Analysis)
A is similar in form to Z 43576 A.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Labels & Markings)
Paper label adhered to interior reads: 'OAXACA'.
Event Date
Author: Jazmin Hundal

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1949.504 A-C: 'Three black, pottery bells. A: handle in form of conventionalised figure, not recognisable as such. B: loop handle. C: handle in form of conventionalised figure'.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (References)
Gadow, Hans. 1908. Through Southern Mexico: Being an Account of the Travels of a Naturalist. London: Witherby & Co.
Event Date 1908
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Display)
Exhibited: 1949.504 B and 1949.504 C removed from display case 41 in CUMAA anthropology gallery, August 1986.
Event Date 8/1986
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Sarah-Jane Harknett's description for 1949.504 A-C: 'All three have clappers attached with thread, ?recent. A - chipped rim, old label adhered to inside.; B - chipped rim and handle, label adhered to inside; C - arm and torso cracked and mended, some small chips.'
Event Date 28/3/2000
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Black ceramic bell. Rounded handle, and short clapper suspended from the interior. Exterior decorated with incised triangular lines within sets of parallel lines. Rim and handle are chipped.
Event Date 8/7/2021
Author: Jazmin Hundal