Bead Assembly

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Public Domain

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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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, since at least 1970 [Glassell Album #5, slide dated "JUL 70"];
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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