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String of tubular beads

Coclé
A.D. 700–1520
Object Place: Sitio Conte area, Coclé Province, Panama

Medium/Technique Gold
Dimensions Overall: 46 cm (18 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Catherine Coolidge Lastavica
Accession Number1979.459
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Americas
ClassificationsJewelry / AdornmentBeads

DescriptionString of cast tubular beads (ave. length 1.5 cm; ave. width 0.1 cm), worn around neck or waist. Stringing is modern. See 1979.460 for similar beads, perhaps part of the same grouping.
ProvenanceDescended in the Coolidge Family, Massachusetts; to Catherine Coolidge Lastavica in 1958; to MFA, September 1979, gift of Catherine Coolidge Lastavica.