CultureChavín
Titles
- Pendant in the Form of a Water Bird
- Zoomorph
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumShell
DimensionsOverall: 7/8 × 2 3/16 × 1/8 in. (2.3 × 5.5 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1226
Not on view
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Object Type
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Unknown Central and South American
650–900 AD
Shell inlaid with turquoise, pyrite, spondylus shell, and mother of pearl
2010.462
Unknown Central and South American
900–200 BC
Shell inlaid with gold
2010.1225
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell, turquoise, resin
2010.1291.2
Unknown Central and South American
900–200 BC
Spondylus shell inlaid with turquoise
2010.1223.2
Unknown Central and South American
900–200 BC
Spondylus shell inlaid with turquoise
2010.1223.1
Unknown Central and South American
900–200 BC
Shell inlaid with turquoise
2010.1224
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Spondylus shell
2010.259
Unknown Central and South American
1100–1450 AD
Spondylus shell and gold
2010.1227
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell with turquoise inlay
2010.1316