CultureCalima
Titles
- Gold-covered Shell
- Conch Shell
Date200 BC–200 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold and shell
DimensionsOverall: 7 13/16 × 5 7/16 in. (19.8 × 13.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1051
Not on view
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Object Type
[1] Glassell Album #14, precedes photographs taken December 30, 1998.
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Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2004.2433.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Gold, spondylus shell, turquoise, purple mussel, conch, greenstone, resin, cotton cord
2010.989.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Gold, silver, spondylus, purple mussel shell, turquoise, wood, resin, cotton cord
2010.978
