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Necklace of greenstone beads
Calima (?)
A.D. 100–900
Object Place: Cauca and Calima River Valleys, Valle de Cauca Department, Colombia
Medium/Technique
Greenstone and gold
Dimensions
0.2 x 62.5 cm (1/16 x 24 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Catherine Coolidge Lastavica
Accession Number1980.640
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Necklaces and neck bands
DescriptionModern stringing of tiny greenstone beads and two sheet gold beads; modern gold clasp.
ProvenanceDescended in the Coolidge Family, Massachusetts; to Catherine Coolidge Lastavica in 1959; to MFA, December 1980, gift of Catherine Coolidge Lastavica.