Beads Item Number: Sf713 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Twelve hollow, spherical gold beads, each constructed from two half-spheres. There are three small gold beads of the same type. There are also twenty-four irregularly shaped grey pearl beads and four disc-shaped stone beads (two light yellow and two blue/green).
History Of Use
Beads from a variety of necklaces and adornments used in life and funereal contexts. Chimu associations (north coast 750-1476 C.E.) are given for some beads of this sort but they may not be limited to the Chimu Style.
Narrative
Pre-Conquest, before 1532 C.E.
Item History
What
- Name
- Beads
- Identification Number
- Sf713
- Type of Item
- bead
- Material
- gold metal, copper metal ?, stone, shell and silver metal ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- hammered, cut, adhered, embossed, drilled and gilded ?
- Overall
- height 1.0 cm, diameter 9.5 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
- 0711/0215