CultureMoche
Titles
- Necklace
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumShell inlaid with green stone and turquoise
DimensionsOverall: 8 3/4 × 14 3/4 in. (22.2 × 37.4 cm)
Other (Each pendant): 1 9/16 × 11/16 in. (4 × 1.8 cm)
Other (Each pendant): 1 9/16 × 11/16 in. (4 × 1.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.473
Not on view
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Object Type
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.473
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Early 20th century
Green stone inlaid with shell and stone
2010.672.1-.5
650–900 AD
Shell inlaid with turquoise, pyrite, spondylus shell, and mother of pearl
2010.462
1100–1450 AD
Wood inlaid with shell, mother of pearl, spondylus shell, and turquoise
2010.323.1,.2
900–200 BC
Spondylus shell inlaid with turquoise
2010.1223.2
900–200 BC
Spondylus shell inlaid with turquoise
2010.1223.1
100 BC–700 AD
Sodalite, spondylus shell, white shell, green stone, agate, string
2010.482