Lot 64
Ancient Western North American, Mesozoic period, ca. 252 to 66 million years ago. This is a wonderful necklace made from a fascinating collection of over 40 fossilized materials: dinosaur bones and coprolite. Each bead is cut and polished into spherical, ovoid, and lozenge shapes and strung on a modern wire in a balanced and pleasingly symmetrical composition with two large ovoid and white lozenge beads as the central element. The beads present with hues of dark mottled gray, brown, creamy white, and beige. A modern lobster clasp makes this a wearable and elegant piece of natural history that is perfect for everyday wear! Size (necklace): 15.75" L (40 cm); (largest bead): 0.69" L x 0.43" W (1.8 cm x 1.1 cm)
Coprolites are trace fossils that give us evidence of what ancient animals once ate. These stones were once called bezoars; the fossil hunter Mary Anning noted that they were often found in the abdominal region of the numerous fossilized animals she observed along the coast of England, and her observations led William Buckland, the Oxford-educated theologian and one of the fathers of paleontology, to propose in 1829 that they were in fact fossilized feces, which he named "coprolites."
Provenance: private Louisville, Colorado, USA collection from beads acquired over the last 10 years
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#169640
- Condition: Coprolite and bone beads are cut and polished in modern times using prehistoric fossils. Strung in modern times using modern wire and lobster clasp. Wearable!
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