Necklace Assembly with Hollow Stylized Insect and Cylindrical Beads

front of object as mounted at time of receipt

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Necklace Assembly with Hollow Stylized Insect and Cylindrical Beads
CultureChavín
Titles
  • Necklace Assembly with Hollow Stylized Insect and Cylindrical Beads
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumGold and rock crystal
DimensionsOverall (as mounted): 4 × 7 × 1 1/2 in. (10.2 × 17.8 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.459
Non exposé

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceDavid Bernstein;
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.459

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