Description:

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1000 to 1450 CE. A wearable necklace comprised of ancient sodalite, malachite, greenstone, and spondylus shell beads, and accented with modern brass bird charms. Size of strand: 21.5" L (54.6 cm); pendant: stone: 1.235" L x 0.6" W (3.1 cm x 1.5 cm)

Provenance: ex-Pepe Schaefer collection, La Quinta, California, USA, gifted in 1984 by Bosta Seminarao , Santa Rosa, California, USA, imported into the US 1955 or earlier

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#178252

  • Condition: Stone and shell beads are ancient, brass birds are modern. Wearable and strung in modern times.

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