CultureChimú
Titles
- Pendant in the Form of a Bird Eating Fish
- Zoomorph
Date1100–1450 AD
PlacePeru
MediumSpondylus shell and gold
DimensionsOverall: 5 9/16 × 2 1/16 × 13/16 in. (14.2 × 5.3 × 2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1227
Not on view
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Object Type
[1] Glassell Album #6, precedes slide dated "AUG 69."
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Sticker on verso "Q1106"
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100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell with inlaid gold and turquoise inlay, and string
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100 BC–700 AD
Gold, spondylus shell, turquoise, purple mussel, conch, greenstone, resin, cotton cord
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100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell, gold, resin, cotton cord
2010.691-2010.693
650–900 AD
Shell inlaid with turquoise, pyrite, spondylus shell, and mother of pearl
2010.462