Beads Item Number: Sf720 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
An assortment of 542 unstrung stone and shell beads in a container. Colours range from blue, to green, orange, black, grey and white. There is a single bead of rolled sheet metal.
History Of Use
Beads of this type were frequently used in necklaces and collar ornaments, found in burial contexts.
Narrative
Pre-Conquest, before 1532 C.E.
Item History
What
- Name
- Beads
- Identification Number
- Sf720
- Type of Item
- bead
- Material
- stone, shell, copper metal ? and gold metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- gilded, drilled, polished, cut and hammered
- Overall
- height 0.1 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
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0711/0222