Bead Item Number: Sf680 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A hollow golden sphere of metal, constructed from two hemispheres. There is a short break in the join.
History Of Use
Appears to be an unfinished bead. Similarly constructed beads have holes which are punched from the outside toward the middle, probably in the late stages of manufacture.
Narrative
Pre-Conquest, before 1532 C.E.
Item History
What
- Name
- Bead
- Identification Number
- Sf680
- Type of Item
- bead
- Material
- silver metal ?, copper metal ? and gold metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- hammered, embossed, gilded ? and adhered
- Overall
- diameter 0.6 cm
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
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 0711/0182