CultureCalima (possibly)
Titles
- Necklace Assembly with Beads in the Form of Stylized Crocodiles
Date1–800 AD
PlaceColombia
MediumGold
DimensionsOverall (Each of 33 beads): 1 1/2 × 3/8 × 1/4 in. (3.8 × 1 × 0.6 cm)
Overall (as mounted): 10 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 1/8 in. (26.7 × 16.5 × 0.3 cm)
Overall (as mounted): 10 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 1/8 in. (26.7 × 16.5 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.454
Not on view
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Object Type
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Rothko, New York;
Mr. Jan Mitchell, New York;
Private European collector;
(Sotheby's Pre-Columbian Art Auction, May 31, 1985, Lot #68);
Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Collection, Houston, 1985;
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.454
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900–1550 AD
Stone and gold
2010.488
900–200 BC
Gold and rock crystal
2010.459
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell with inlaid gold and turquoise inlay, and string
2010.1300
600–1600 AD
Gold
2010.343.1,.2
