Beads Item Number: Sf722 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
14 tiny, barrel-shaped beads. Each bead is fashioned by rolling a strip of sheet metal. The join is a simple overlap. There is some variation in the shade of gold among the beads.
History Of Use
Beads from necklaces and adornments.
Narrative
Pre-Conquest, before 1532 C.E.
Item History
What
- Name
- Beads
- Identification Number
- Sf722
- Type of Item
- bead
- Material
- silver metal, copper metal ? and gold metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- hammered, cut and rolled
- Overall
- height 0.3 cm, diameter 0.3 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
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0711/0224