Bead Assembly

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CultureNasca

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Bead Assembly

Date100 BC–700 AD

PlacePeru

MediumSodalite, spondylus shell, white shell, green stone, agate, string

DimensionsOverall: 4 3/8 × 2 3/16 in. (11.1 × 5.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.

Object number2010.482

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection

Object Type

JEWELRY & ADORNMENT

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. Possibly AG.765 according to report;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.482

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