Accession No
1936.747.16
Description
Gold ring of circular cross-section, blunt terminal at one end, tapering towards the other which overlaps slightly. Threaded with a single annular emerald bead, broken in half, possibly around another threading hole.
Place
Americas; South America; Ecuador; ?Chimborazo Province; ?Riobamba District
Period
Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic
Source
Bushnell, Geoffrey Hext Sutherland [donor]; Rorer, J. B. (Mrs.) [collector]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1936.747.16
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Gold; Stone; Emerald
Local Term
Measurements
22mm
Events
Context (Field collection)
Collected by Mrs. J.B. Rorer, who bought them from an Indian. Probably from Riobamba district in the Andes.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Display)
Handwritten display label reads: 'Gold & emerald earring and gold beads. Riobamba district. d.d. G.H.S. Bushnell'
Event Date
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1936.747[.1-19]: 'Gold beads, and ring with emerald bead.'
Event Date 1936
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register for 1936.747[.1-19]: 'Box of gold beads and ring with emerald bead'
Event Date 1936
Author: Imogen Gunn
Context (References)
Bray, Warwick. (2022). 'The Lost Emerald Mines of Ecuador: Contrasting Patterns of Emerald Use in Native South America.' Andean Past: Vol. 13. pp. 75-107
Event Date 2022
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
Gold ring of circular cross-section, blunt terminal at one end, tapering towards the other which overlaps slightly. Threaded with a single annular emerald bead, broken in half, possibly around another threading hole.
Event Date 23/10/2023
Author: Lily Stancliffe
FM:305235
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