CultureCalima
Titles
- Shell Pendant
Date100 BC–800 AD
PlaceColombia, South America
MediumShell and gold
Dimensions1 × 1/2 × 1/2 in. (4.4 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2001.988
Not on view
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Object Type
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2001, 2001.988
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Unknown Central and South American
900–200 BC
Shell inlaid with gold
2010.1225
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Turquoise, shell, gold, resin, cotton cord
2010.980
Unknown Central and South American
650–900 AD
Shell inlaid with turquoise, pyrite, spondylus shell, and mother of pearl
2010.462
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Oyster shell
2001.1155.1-.5
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell, gold, resin, cotton cord
2010.691-2010.693
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell, turquoise, resin
2010.1291.2
