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Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, Nayarit, & Jalisco, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A collection of carved shell and pottery artifacts from ancient Pre-Columbian cultures of the Mexican coastal region. The shells consist of Spondylus, olive snail, and conch- each worked with hand drilled suspension holes, several cut and altered into pendants or effigies, and one conch shell has a natural coral formation. The pottery items consist of 2 discoidal beads or pendants and 4 spherical beads stung with shell discs beads on a modern cord. Size (longest shell): 4.5" L x 1" W (11.4 cm x 2.5 cm)

Provenance: private Kansas, USA collection, acquired via descent from family in Jalisco, Mexico ca. the 1940s, and imported into the US in the 1970s and 1980s

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#171538

  • Condition: Repair to elongated chalky white shell pendant. Nicks and chips to others and natural ossification. Mineral and earthen deposits throughout. Bracelet is strung in modern times on a modern cord, but not recommended to wear due to cord strength and shell ossification.

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