CultureNasca
Titles
- Bead Assembly
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru
MediumSodalite, turquoise, spondylus shell, green stone, string
DimensionsOverall: 3 15/16 × 3 9/16 in. (10 × 9.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.480
Not on view
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Examined by Alan R. Sawyer July, 1970. Report by Alan Sawyer.
Letter dated August 17, 1971 indicates Alan Sawyer and Heather Lechtman conducted an additional examination in October, 1971;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.480
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Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Sodalite, spondylus shell, white shell, green stone, agate, string
2010.482
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell, turquoise, sodalite, other stone, and string
2010.248
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Gold, spondylus shell, sodalite, turquoise, string
2010.481
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Gold, spondylus shell, turquoise, sodalite, and string
2010.247
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Gold, turquoise, spondylus shell, sodalite, and string
2010.240
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Gold, shell, turquoise, sodalite, pyrite, and string
2010.246
Unknown Central and South American
1000 BC–1600 AD
Turquoise, spondylus shell, yellow stone, and string
2010.499
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell with inlaid gold and turquoise inlay, and string
2010.1300
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell, turquoise, gold, and string
2010.245
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Sodalite, turquoise, spondylus shell, greenstone, shell, resin, cotton cord
2010.990.1,.2
Unknown Central and South American
1000 BC–1600 AD
Purple spondylus shell, turquoise, and string
2010.501
Unknown Central and South American
100–800 AD
Shell inlaid with green stone and turquoise
2010.473