Ceramic beads or pendants, tear-drop shaped, plain

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Object Number 46-77-30/6942.2

Display Title Ceramic beads or pendants, tear-drop shaped, plain

Descriptions

Object Description Ceramic beads or pendants, tear-drop shaped, plain

Inventory Description Organic, shell beads, discoidal, serrated, and inlaid, some red pigment

Classification

Bead

Department Archaeological

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

South America / Peru

Materials Shell

Dimensions Overall: 1.6 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm (5/8 x 9/16 x 3/8 in.)

Quantity 6

Label on object 46-77-30/6942

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
46-77-30/6942.1	Ceramic beads or pendants, tear-drop shaped, plain	Bead	Peru
2000.1.160	Ground stone beads, discoidal, tubular and tear-drop shaped; strung on wire.	Discoidal Bead
09-3-30/75759	Ceramic pendants, tear drop shaped, black	Pendant	Cuzco
2020.3.30	Necklace of black beads, orange/brown organic material and metal tear-drop shapes	Necklace	Tanzania
46-77-30/6236.3	Shell, pottery, stone and seed beads and pendants	Bead	Huacho
46-77-30/6236.4	Shell, pottery, stone and seed beads and pendants	Bead	Huacho
82-35-10/29893	Metal, copper alloy ornaments, flat, tear drop shaped, perforated at narrow end, one with iron and mica adhered to it, one with bone, shells, and charcoal adhered to it	Ornament Mica Fragment Utilized Shell Charcoal	Turner Group; Ohio State Site # 33HA 26
46-77-30/6236.2	Shell, pottery, stone and seed beads and pendants	Bead	Huacho
40-77-40/11190	Fragmentary amber pendant, probably tear-drop shaped	Raw Material Pendant	Vinica
48-20-20/18362	Greenstone tear-drop pendant bead	Pendant	Potrero el Burro
46-77-30/6104	String of shell beads with 2 small shell pendants	Bead	Paramonga
07-1-20/C4043	Shell beads & pendants	Bead	Chihuahua

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