Description:

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 600 to 100 BCE. A collection of 30 hand carved stone beads, each pecked and polished by ancient hands, and the centers biconically drilled for suspension. These are all strung on a modern wire as a necklace graduating from smallest near the barrel clasp to the hefty central pendant. While strung as a necklace, these beads could easily be restrung as one desired! Size (strand): 21.5" L (54.6 cm); (largest bead): 1.65" L x 1" W (4.2 cm x 2.5 cm)

Provenance: private Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA collection; ex-Dr. David Harner collection, Springdale, Arkansas, USA, acquired between the 1950s and 1960s

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#170605

  • Condition: Wearable as shown and strung in modern times on a modern wire and barrel clasp. Chips and nicks to stones. Surface wear commensurate with age. Light mineral deposits in recessed areas.

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