Description:

Pre-Columbian, South America, Peru to Colombia, ca. 500 to 1000 CE. A lovely necklace of a graduated design comprised of eighteen cylindrical bone beads of cream and beige hues, numerous disc-shaped shell bead spacers of brilliant coral hues, six wing-shaped shell beads or coral and cream hues, and a flat, rectangular central pendant carved from the same type of shell with deeper salmon hues on one side complemented by a lustrous cream on the other. A gorgeous example of wearable art featuring natural forms from the Pre-Columbian world. Size: 28" L (71.1 cm)

Provenance: Ex-James Bernard Byrnes estate. Mr. Byrnes was the first curator of LACMA

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  • Condition: A couple of possible repairs to wing-shaped beads, else intact and excellent.

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