Collar of Shell Beads

Unknown Artist

1400–1450

Collar of Shell Beads by Unknown Artist

Medium

Shell beads

Dimensions

Height: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm) Diameter: 4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm)

Classification

Beads-Ornaments

Culture

Chimú or Chancay

Department

Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cummings, 1964

Accession Number

64.228.729

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