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Necklace with pendants

Calima
A.D. 100–900
Object Place: Cauca and Calima River Valleys, Colombia

Medium/Technique Gold
Dimensions Overall: 86 cm (33 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Catherine Coolidge Lastavica
Accession Number1979.457
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Americas

DescriptionNecklace of long, thin tubular beads and 11 abstract geometric pendants with a single suspension ring on the back of each pendant. Average size of the tubular beads is 2.5 x 0.9 cm, average length of the pendants is 2.6 cm.
ProvenanceDescended in the Coolidge Family, Massachusetts; to Catherine Coolidge Lastavica in 1958; to MFA, September 1979, gift of Catherine Coolidge Lastavica.