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String of 18 tubular beads

Veraguas-Gran Chiriquí
A.D. 900–1550
Object Place: Veraguas or Chiriquí Province, Panama

Medium/Technique Gold alloy
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by Landon T. Clay
Accession Number1977.614
CollectionsJewelry, Americas

DescriptionGrouping of 18 tubular gold beads, four of which have two small bells attached to their ends. The grouping and stringing of the beads is modern.
ProvenanceWith Malcolm Delacorte, Cornwall, New York, by June, 1977; to MFA, September 14, 1977, purchase.