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For every order (single or multiple lots) in this auction, Artemis Gallery will donate 25 meals to Community Food Share, a Feeding America Food Bank.

Ancient Western North America, Mesozoic period, ca. 252 to 66 million years ago. A beautiful necklace composed of an ensemble of polished spherical, discoid, and lozenge-shaped beads carved from fragments of fossilized dinosaur bone and dinosaur coprolite. The necklace features lighter colored beads separated from trios of darker beads with petite gold-filled spheres, groups of four darker beads just in front of the terminals, and three large ovoid bone beads as the central element. Strung in modern times and capped with a gold-filled loop and lobster clasp combo, this is a wonderful and wearable necklace! Size (necklace): 25.7" L (65.3 cm); (largest bead): 0.7" L x 0.4" W (1.8 cm x 1 cm)

Provenance: private Colorado, USA collection

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#151583

  • Condition: Strung in modern times and wearable as shown. Dinosaur bone and coprolite beads are ancient, and stringing, gold-filled spherical beads, and gold-filled terminal components are modern. All beads have been polished to a lustrous sheen. Petite area of repair to one larger central bead, with small chips and very light adhesive residue along break lines. Nice polished luster throughout.




    “To eliminate hunger in Boulder and Broomfield Counties through engagement, collaboration, and leadership…”

    Community Food Share is a Feeding America food bank serving those in need with access to fresh, nutritious food and nutrition education, with a special emphasis on children, seniors, and other populations of greatest need.

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