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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Harness bell
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Harness bell

Artist Unknown
CultureIndian
Date19th century
MediumBrass
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.327B
On View
Not on view
DescriptionOne of a pair of brass harness bells. Teardrop-shaped bells are hollow with ball inside. Body has floral motifs; tripartite slit on bottom with metal from each slit bent back onto body forming hooks. One bell has open hole at top for suspension; the other's hole is stopped up. The patina of one is darker, not quite as greenish as the other.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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Post Classic Period
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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19th century
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
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late 17th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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8th century BC-7th century BC
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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19th century
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2020
Tiffany Studios
ca. 1905