Beads Item Number: Sf728 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
16 stone and shell beads and inlays in a container. There are 6 irregularly shaped beads of blue/green stone. There is one thick, rectangular green stone and one bead. There is a single disc of pearlized shell as well as a slab-like bead with four corner holes which are now all broken. There are also two fragments of a pearl bead.
History Of Use
The discs and squares without holes were used to inlay various cast and hammered objects of metal and wood. The blue/green inlays were most frequently used on gilded objects, and the beads were used in necklaces and collar-like ornaments.
Narrative
Pre-Conquest, before 1532 C.E.
Item History
What
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Peru
When
- Creation Date
- before 1532
- Collection Date
- between 1949 and 1966
- Ownership Date
- before May 4, 1981
- Acquisition Date
- on May 4, 1981
Other
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 0711/0230