CultureNasca
Titles
- Three Spondylus Shell Disk Pendants
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru
MediumSpondylus shell
Dimensions2010.694: 7/8 in. diameter (2.2 cm)
2010.695: 1 3/8 in. diameter (3.5 cm)
2010.696: 1 13/16 in. diameter (4.6 cm)
2010.695: 1 3/8 in. diameter (3.5 cm)
2010.696: 1 13/16 in. diameter (4.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.694-2010.696
Non exposé
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[1] Glassell Album #5, precedes slide dated "JUL 70."
[2] Report by Alan R. Sawyer, July, 1970.
[3] Scheduled examination by Alan R. Sawyer and Heather Lechtman, October, 1971, letter dated 8/17/1971.
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Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell, gold, resin, cotton cord
2010.691-2010.693
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Pearly shell, spondylus, resin
2010.1292.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell with turquoise inlay
2010.1317.2
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell with turquoise inlay
2010.1317.1
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell, turquoise, resin
2010.1291.1
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Turquoise with spondylus shell inlay
2010.1315.1
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell, purple mussel, resin, cotton cord
2010.979
Unknown Central and South American
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.1459.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Gold, spondylus shell, turquoise, purple mussel, conch, greenstone, resin, cotton cord
2010.989.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell, turquoise, resin
2010.1291.2
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Sodalite, turquoise, spondylus shell, greenstone, shell, resin, cotton cord
2010.990.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell, turquoise, purple mussel, gold, resin
2010.985.1,.2