CultureChavín
Titles
- Necklace with beads in the form of human heads
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru, South America
MediumGold
Dimensions3/4 W (ea. ornament) × 14 L in. (1.9 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.872
Not on view
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Object Type
[1] Glassell Album #10, between slides dated "NOV 85."
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Unknown Central and South American
900–200 BC
Stone and traces of hematite or cinnabar
2010.1055.1,.2
Unknown Indonesian
Late 19th–early 20th century
Gold foil, wood, copper, and coral
2004.2329
Unknown Central and South American
500–1550 AD
Gold and glass beads
2002.4271