Copper rattle bell

[Tenoch]

Today i woke up wanted to find an rattle bell, and there it is ..

[DaveP]

Have a look at crotal bells. Always a good metal detecting find especially if you can find a 'ringer'

https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/pages/crotal-bells.html

[Tenoch]

This are for first phase of mexican metallurgy,700 - 1100, archeologuist says that this technology was bring for south american from Ecuador,They went up on rafts looking for spondylus that, due to demand, decreased on their coasts, and there was no period of experimentation unless they appeared well manufactured and similar to those from the south, together with certain similar vessels, this on the coasts of Michoacan, in the Purepecha empire. , whom the Aztecs could never dominate.
The large ones like this, were worn on the waist and the small ones were worn on the wrists and anklets, they are usually related to burials

[Reflector]

I found something similar at a De Soto site. Said to be a mule bell tied in multiples around the neck.

[DaveP]

Have a look at crotal bells. Always a good metal detecting find especially if you can find a 'ringer'

https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/pages/crotal-bells.html

[Tenoch]

This are for first phase of mexican metallurgy,700 - 1100, archeologuist says that this technology was bring for south american from Ecuador,They went up on rafts looking for spondylus that, due to demand, decreased on their coasts, and there was no period of experimentation unless they appeared well manufactured and similar to those from the south, together with certain similar vessels, this on the coasts of Michoacan, in the Purepecha empire. , whom the Aztecs could never dominate.
The large ones like this, were worn on the waist and the small ones were worn on the wrists and anklets, they are usually related to burials

[Reflector]

That one sure looks right

[Reflector]

Mine sure looks like a Crotal bell.

[JEBMs]

https://www.borgopublishing.com/product-page/certain-studies-of-european-trade-bells-in-the-southeastern-united-states

If anyone is interested in trade bells a new book just came out at the end of last year. A friend of mine co-authored it, see the link above. It is a compilation of the work done over the years by 2 very thorough archaeologists/writers. I haven’t gotten my copy yet so I can’t say first hand about this work but I have books by both men and from their previous work I will say that it should be good. John was tasked to study the bells found on the shipwreck in Matagorda Bay of LaSalle’s ship LaBelle., so that is one report that will be in there.