Strand of Hollow Beads

CultureChimú
Titles
  • Strand of Hollow Beads
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions5 5/8 × 1/2 in. (14.3 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2002.4381
Non exposé

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Provenance[Sotheby's, New York, May 17, 1993, Sale 6420 Pre-Columbian Art, Lot 213]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, May 17, 1993–2002; given to MFAH, 2002.

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800–1450 AD
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front of object
100 BC–800 AD
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1000 BC–1600 AD
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front of object
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100–800 AD
Gold
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1–800 AD
Gold
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