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Beads

MOA: University of British Columbia

2990/868

Twenty shell beads made from conch. Rounded and perforated for threading. Fourteen have plano-convex shape and sixteen have flattened sides. Slightly broken, worn and eroded.

  • Type of Item bead
  • Culture Paracas
  • Material conch shell
  • Measurements height 0.5 cm, diameter 1.3 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Alan R. Sawyer, Erika H. Sawyer
  • Received from Erika H. Sawyer
  • Made in Teojate
  • Creation Date between 901 BCE and 201 BCE
  • Collection Date between 1950 and 1975
  • Ownership Date before January 15, 2013
  • Acquisition Date on January 15, 2013
  • Condition fair
  • Accession Number 2990/0868

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