Shell collar and medallion
CultureChancay
Titles
- Shell collar and medallion
Date1300–1450
PlacePeru
MediumSpondylus shell
Dimensions10 1/2 × 13 1/4 × 1/4 in. (26.7 × 33.7 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.1357.1,.2
Non exposé
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.1357.1,.2
Published References Alan Lapiner, Pre-Columbian Art of South America (1976), fig. 672.
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100 BC–700 AD
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1000 BC–1600 AD
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1000 BC–1600 AD
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Unknown Central and South American
650–1450 AD
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100 BC–700 AD
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900–200 BC
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