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String of small, ring-like beads

Calima (?)
A.D. 100–900
Object Place: Cauca and Calima River Valleys, Valle de Cauca Department, Colombia

Medium/Technique Gold alloy
Dimensions 0.6 x 27.6 cm (1/4 x 10 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Catherine Coolidge Lastavica
Accession Number1980.637
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Americas
ClassificationsJewelry / AdornmentBeads

DescriptionString of small ring-like beads whose average size is 0.1 x 0.4 cm. Stringing is modern. Also see 1980.638.
ProvenanceDescended in the Coolidge Family, Massachusetts; to Catherine Coolidge Lastavica in 1959; to MFA, December 1980, gift of Catherine Coolidge Lastavica.