Necklace (206 beads)

Possible OriginCosta Rica

Possible OriginPanama

PeriodLate Period V - Early Period VI

Date800-1500

MediumTumbaga (gold and copper alloy) and cotton

DimensionsOutside Diameter: 81.3 cm (32 in.)

Description206 lightweight beads made from cold-hammered sheet tumbaga, strung on thick cotton.

Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner

Object numberG07.13.2

Classifications

Ancestral Abiayala

Sub-classification

Intermediate

Collections

Status

On view

Artist / Maker: Chiriquí artist(s)

800-1500

Object number: G07.13.3

Artist / Maker: Maya artist(s)

600-800

Object number: G83.1.106

Artist / Maker: Jama Coaque artist(s)

200 BCE - 300 CE

Object number: G83.1.205

1700-1720; overglaze enamels added in the Netherlands ca.1730

Object number: G23.13.5.1-2