Beads Item Number: Sf660 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Hollow golden beads of two sizes are regularly alternated with yellow, disc shaped shell beads and red-purple cylindrical shell beads and are strung on synthetic monofilament. There are 20 large and 80 small gold beads as well as 20 purple and 40 yellow shell beads. Most of the gold beads are dented and some have holes or are split at their equatorial join. Some of the shell beads have worm holes. Many of the beads have traces of red pigment in surface irregularities.
History Of Use
Although the beads are ancient, their arrangement may not be, as they have been re-strung. Hollow golden beads of this sort often have Chimu associations (north coast, 750-1476 C.E.), but they may not be limited to Chimu Style. Beads are frequently found in graves.
Narrative
Pre-Conquest, before 1532 C.E.
Item History
What
- Name
- Beads
- Identification Number
- Sf660
- Type of Item
- bead
- Material
- gold metal, plastic, pigment, shell, silver metal ? and copper metal ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- hammered, gilded ?, adhered, embossed, cut, smoothed, painted and drilled
- Overall
- diameter 21.0 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
- 0711/0162