Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1000 to 1450 CE. Lovely, charming and wearable necklace comprised of small silver beads interspersed with 15 silver parrots; small number of additional spacer beads at center and terminals. Size: 20" L (50.8 cm), Size of parrots: .75" L (1.9 cm)

Provenance: ex-Pepe Schaefer collection, La Quinta, California, USA, gifted in 1984 by Bosta Seminarao , Santa Rosa, California, USA, imported into the US 1955 or earlier

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Restrung and wearable but might possibly look better if restrung on better wire.