Beads Item Number: Sf656 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Necklace made of green malachite mineral tube beads, metal triangular beads, and light brown and grey pearls. Ten triangular golden beads are alternated with cylindrical blue-green, stone beads. They are arranged symmetrically on either side of a central ornament which consists of a long stone bead terminated by two pearls and a golden disc. The ornament is connected to the necklace by two strands of irregularly shaped pearls. A single, hollow, golden spherical bead flanked by six pearls is centred above the ornament. Most of the stone beads are chipped or broken.
History Of Use
Although the beads are probably ancient, their arrangement is not, as they have been restrung. The golden pendants appear similar to ones associated with Chimu Style artifacts (north coast, 750-1476 C.E.)
Narrative
Pre-Conquest, before 1532 C.E.
Item History
What
- Name
- Beads
- Identification Number
- Sf656
- Type of Item
- bead
- Material
- pearl, copper metal ?, gold metal and malachite mineral ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- pecked, drilled, cut, strung, gilded ?, hammered and polished
- Overall
- height 30.7 cm, width 21.4 cm, depth 1.3 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
- good
- Accession Number
- 0711/0158