Bell. Kultur: Mehr Nicoya, Central Region (Costa Rica), größere Chiriquí Coclé, oder größer. Abmessungen: Durchm. 1 1/16-in. (2.7Cm). Datum: A.D. 500-1520. Diese Birnenförmigen Bell, durch verlorene - wachs Gießen, hat einen Knopf, der aus einer Suspension Loop, die ist 6,5 mm hoch. Im Gegensatz zu den beiden anderen Glocken in der Sammlung, 1978.514.43 und 66.196.6, deren Aussetzung Loops werden mit Hilfe von zwei Threads von Wachs jeder hergestellt worden zu sein, die Schleife der vorliegende Beispiel wurde mit nur einem Thread aus Wachs. Die Schleife in diesem Fall wurde auf seine Oberseite poliert, wahrscheinlich in die Lage eines Anguss, ein Kanal, würde
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Bell. Culture: Greater Nicoya, Central Region (Costa Rica), Greater Chiriquí, or Greater Coclé. Dimensions: Diam. 1 1/16 in. (2.7cm). Date: A.D. 500-1520. This pear-shaped bell, made by lost-wax casting, has a finial that consists of a suspension loop, which is 6.5 mm high. Unlike two other bells in the collection, 1978.514.43 and 66.196.6, whose suspension loops appear to have been fabricated using two threads of wax each, the loop of the present example was made with only one thread of wax. The loop in this case was polished on its top, likely in the location of a sprue, a channel that would have facilitated the movement of molten metal into the ceramic mold. This sprue would have solidified as metal and, to remove traces of its presence, a founder would have cut it off and then abraded and polished the area. The casting technique is further confirmed by the local porosity at and dendritic appearance of the base of the finial. There is one band of metal that demarcates the top of the resonator, which is polished and retains scratches. Porosity is also seen in regions like the corner between the top band and the resonator's body that would have been more difficult to reach in polishing operations; indeed the polishing would have closed these pores. The resonator contains a metal clapper that has a dull golden color, and this clapper was likely cast in place; there are no traces of deformation in the area of the resonator opening that would suggest the metal was worked in order to insert the clapper into the resonator. The resonator opening is highly symmetric with edges that curve inward and are relatively clean (<i>cf.</i> MMA 66.196.6). The width of the resonator, in the direction that includes the resonator opening, is 16.1 mm, and the perpendicular width is 15.8 mm. At the top of the resonator opening, the thickness of the bell's walls is 1.7 mm. Metal bells have been recovered from a range of Central American and Colombian contexts but are more typical of t
