Bead Assembly

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CultureNasca

Titles

Bead Assembly

Date100 BC–700 AD

PlacePeru

MediumGold, turquoise, sodalite, and thread

DimensionsOverall: 6 5/16 in. (16 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.249

Non exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least February 1972–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #8, before slide dated "FEB 72".

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