Necklace

CultureWari (Huari)
Titles
  • Necklace
Date650–900 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumLapis and shell
Dimensions8 1/4 × 4 3/4 × 3/8 in. (21 × 12.1 × 1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1156
Non exposé

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Provenance(Lot #14 in Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, November 24, 1986);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1987 [Glassell Album # 10, slide dated "NOV 87"];
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1156

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