Tubular Bead Assemblage

as mounted to black velvet

Public Domain

Tubular Bead Assemblage
CultureMoche
Titles
  • Tubular Bead Assemblage
  • Necklace
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall: 13/16 × 34 1/4 in. (2 × 87 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.476
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.476

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Bead Assemblage
Bead Assemblage
900–200 BC
Gold
2010.456
front of object
Pair of Tubular Ear Ornaments with Geometric and Anthropomorphic Designs
1100–1450 AD
Gold
2010.319.1,.2
front of object
Pair of Tubular Ear Ornaments with Birds and Fish
1100–1450 AD
Gold, shell
2010.318.1,.2
Pair of Tubular Ear Ornaments with Inlaid Disk Finials and Beaded Edges
Pair of Tubular Ear Ornaments with Inlaid Disk Finials and Beaded Edges
100–800 AD
Gold inlaid with mother of pearl
2010.341.1,.2
Pair of Tubular Ear Ornaments with Finials
Pair of Tubular Ear Ornaments with Finials
300–1550 AD
Gold
2010.324.1,.2
front of object
Pair of Tubular Ornaments
400 BC–400 AD
Gold
2010.679.1,.2
Pair of Tubular Inlaid Ear Ornaments
Pair of Tubular Inlaid Ear Ornaments
100–700 AD
Gold and turquoise
2001.1067.1,.2
front of object
Bead Assembly with Fish Beads
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell with inlaid gold and turquoise inlay, and string
2010.1300
front of object
Necklace of Seven Hollow Beads with Male Figures Sacrificing Dogs
100–800 AD
Gold
2010.475
Four Beads in the Form of a Head
Four Beads in the Form of a Head
1–800 AD
Gold
2010.270.1-.4
front of object
Pair of Beads in the Form of an Ear of Corn
800–1500 AD
Gold
2010.254.1,.2
front of object
Ten Beads of a Ruler
800–1375 AD
Gold
2010.272.1-.10