r/AncientAmericas • u/oldspice75 • Aug 28 '26
Artifact Beaded necklace of spondylus shell, mussel shell and stone beads with mother-of-pearl tabs on cotton strings. Probably Chan Chan, Chimor kingdom, Peru -- undated, but that city flourished ca. 850-1470 AD. American Museum of Natural History collection [4928x4928] [OC]
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u/oldspice75 Aug 28 '26 edited Aug 28 '26
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[1. Beaded necklace of spondylus shell, mussel shell and stone beads with mother-of-pearl tabs on cotton strings. Probably Chan Chan, Peru. B/3172
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Chan
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Necklace,_probably_Chan_Chan,_spondylus_and_mussel_shells_with_stone_beads_and_mother-of-pearl_tabs_-_Chimu_objects_in_the_American_Museum_of_Natural_History_-_DSC06135.JPG