Pre-Columbian Collection

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  • Bone Bells

  • Maya, Early Classic
  • 200-650 CE
  • 2.54 cm x 2.86 cm x 2.22 cm (1 in. x 1 1/8 in. x 7/8 in.)
  • mammal bone
  • PC.B.192
  • Currently on view
  • Description


  • Bibliography

    Clancy, Flora S., Charles Gallenkamp, Regina Elise Johnson and Albuquerque Museum 1985 Maya: Treasures of an Ancient Civilization. H.N. Abrams in association with the Albuquerque Museum, New York. p. 117, fig. 32.

    Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. 1963 Handbook of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. Trustees for Harvard University, Washington, D.C., p. 15, cat. 71.



  • Weight

    19.97 g

  • Exhibition History

    "Maya: Treasures of an Ancient Civilization", American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, 5/1 - 7/28/1985; Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA, 8/28 - 11/3/1985; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, 12/15/1985 - 2/16/1986; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada, 3/23 - 6/15/1986; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kansas City, MO, 7/20 - 10/15/1986; The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM, 11/16/1986 - 2/8/1987.

    "Pass It On: Visual Communication in the Pre-Columbian World", Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC, 10/10/08-05/1/09.

    "All Sides Considered: New Research on the Maya Collection:, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington DC, 09/08/12 - 06/02/13.

    "Permanent exhibit", Dumbarton Oaks, 1963-

  • Acquisition History

    Purchased from Earl Stendahl, Los Angeles (dealer), by Robert Woods Bliss, 1962.

    Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art, Washington, DC,1962.

    Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Pre-Columbian Collection, Washington, DC.


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