Necklace

Necklace

Public Domain

CultureWari (Huari)
Titles
  • Necklace
Date500–800 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumShells, inlaid stones
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/8 × 7 3/8 × 3/16 in. (20.6 × 18.8 × 0.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1309
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1309

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