Necklace

CultureMoche
Titles
  • Necklace
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumShell inlaid with green stone and turquoise
DimensionsOverall: 7 9/16 × 10 3/16 in. (19.2 × 25.9 cm)
Other (each pendant): 1 3/8 × 9/16 in. (3.5 × 1.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.472
Not on view

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Provenance(Lot #238 in Arte Primitivo's Fine Pre-Columbian and Tribal Art Auction, November 9, 2005 (Auction 33));
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.472

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Necklace
100–800 AD
Shell inlaid with green stone and turquoise
2010.473
front of object
100 BC–700 AD
Sodalite, turquoise, spondylus shell, green stone, string
2010.480
front of group, mounted to Plexiglas
Early 20th century
Green stone inlaid with shell and stone
2010.672.1-.5
Necklace
500–800 AD
Shells, inlaid stones
2001.1310
Necklace
500–800 AD
Shells, inlaid stones
2001.1309
front of object, in case as received by MFAH
650–900 AD
Shell inlaid with turquoise, pyrite, spondylus shell, and mother of pearl
2010.462
Pair of Inlaid Ear Ornaments with Deity
1100–1450 AD
Wood inlaid with shell, mother of pearl, spondylus shell, and turquoise
2010.323.1,.2
Ornament in the Form of a Double Headed Snake (one of a pair)
900–200 BC
Spondylus shell inlaid with turquoise
2010.1223.2
Ornament in the Form of a Double Headed Snake (one of a pair)
900–200 BC
Spondylus shell inlaid with turquoise
2010.1223.1
Ornament in the Form of a Feline Headed Deity
900–200 BC
Shell inlaid with turquoise
2010.1224
front of object
650–900 AD
Shell and inlaid stone
2001.1165.1,.2
Bead Assembly
100 BC–700 AD
Sodalite, spondylus shell, white shell, green stone, agate, string
2010.482