Accession No

Z 29609 B


Description

Long string of small black cylindrical shell beads interspersed with white, tan, and coral coloured beads. Coral beads are slightly larger and more irregularly shaped; pendant of black stone with circle carved on each side for eyes and incised line for a mouth, possibly representing an animal's head.


Place

Americas; South America; Peru


Period

?Pre-Hispanic/Pre-Columbian


Source

?Wellcome Historical Medical Museum [donor]


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

Z 29609 B


Cultural Affliation


Material

Shell; Stone


Local Term


Measurements

483mm


Events

Description (Physical description)
Original description for Z 29609[A-H]: 'Beads; also one wooden ?whistle. One strand large beads of stone, pottery, shell and electron. Three strands small black cylindrical ?bone or shell beads with interspersed coloured ones. One has a bird-like head as centrepiece. Two strands reddish ?bone beads, one has two carved mother-of-pearl pendants with zigzag edges. Two plaited string necklets with pear-shaped copper amulet.'
Event Date
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Long string of small black cylindrical shell beads interspersed with white, tan, and coral coloured beads. Coral beads are slightly larger and more irregularly shaped; pendant of black stone with circle carved on each side for eyes and incised line for a mouth, possibly representing an animal's head.
Event Date 13/12/2024
Author: Nora J. Klages-Miller


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