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Object Number
50-24-30/7274
Display Title
Corroded necklace
Descriptions
Object Description
23 miscellaneous copper beads: Remains of a badly corroded necklace, several shell beads 3-5 mm in diameter, two sperical beads of thin sheet metal approximately 8 mm in diameter, many small barrel-shaped beads of thin sheet metal approx. 1.5 mm D x 2 mm. Stuck together with green corrosion product.
Inventory Description
Copper bead, round, fragmentary with 5 shell beads, discoidal, and other miscela
Classification
- Bead
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Chimu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Peru
/
Tumbes Region
Additional Geographic Terms
North Coast: Chira Valley; Negritos, Forty miles south of
Materials
Metal, Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 0.8 cm (5/16 in.)
Quantity
20+
Label on object
50-24-30/7274
Provenance
Donor
Mr. R. H. McPeake
(4/7/1950)
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