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Necklace

before 1532

Peru

Medium
bone and beads
Measurements
Overall: 58.4 cm (23 in.); Pendant: 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Norweb Collection 1951.171
Public Domain
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These ancient beads were restrung in modern times.
A necklace features a circular strand of alternating white and orange beads, punctuated by five tapered orange spikes on the left and four on the right. At the base, the strand forks into a triangular junction joined by a horizontal orange bead. A single strand hangs from this fork, suspending a carved bone pendant shaped like a stylized human head with wide-set eyes and a rounded protrusion on top.

Necklace

before 1532

Peru

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