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
FM:322536
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