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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 Number1979.460
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Americas
ClassificationsJewelry / AdornmentBeads

DescriptionString of cast tubular beads (average length 1.4 cm) worn around neck or waist. Stringing is modern. See 1979.459 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.