Bead Assembly

Bead Assembly

Public Domain

CultureNasca
Titles
  • Bead Assembly
  • Arm
Date100 BC–700 AD
PlacePeru
MediumSpondylus shell, turquoise, gold, and string
DimensionsOverall: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.245
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least February 1972–2008 [1]; Estate of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr., 2008–2010; given to MFAH, 2010.

[1] Glassell Album #8, before slide dated "FEB 72".

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front of object
Bead Assembly with Fish Beads
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell with inlaid gold and turquoise inlay, and string
2010.1300
Bead Assembly
Bead Assembly
100 BC–700 AD
Gold, spondylus shell, sodalite, turquoise, string
2010.481
Bead Assembly
Bead Assembly
100 BC–700 AD
Gold, spondylus shell, turquoise, sodalite, and string
2010.247
Bead Assembly
Bead Assembly
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell, turquoise, sodalite, other stone, and string
2010.248
front of object
Bead Assembly
100 BC–700 AD
Sodalite, turquoise, spondylus shell, green stone, string
2010.480
Bead Assembly
Bead Assembly
100 BC–700 AD
Gold, shell, turquoise, sodalite, pyrite, and string
2010.246
Bead Assembly
Bead Assembly
100 BC–700 AD
Sodalite, spondylus shell, white shell, green stone, agate, string
2010.482
Bracelet
Bracelet
100 BC–700 AD
Gold, turquoise, spondylus shell, sodalite, and string
2010.240
front of object
Pendants of a Frog and Bird
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell with turquoise inlay, and string
2010.1299
Bracelet
Bracelet
1000 BC–1600 AD
Turquoise, spondylus shell, yellow stone, and string
2010.499
Bracelet
Bracelet
1000 BC–1600 AD
Purple spondylus shell, turquoise, and string
2010.501
front of object (mounted to black velvet)
Figural Ornament
600–1000 AD
Gold, spondylus, shell, and turquoise
2010.1031