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Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1000 to 1450 CE. A wearable necklace made from ancient silver, quartz, shell, and copper beads, strung together in modern times on a monofilament wire with a barrel clasp. The strand consists of tiny 90% silver beads with the copper hummingbirds or ibis - both species have lengthy bills! At the center is a large spherical quartz bead and 2 orange-red spondylus shell beads. Size of strand: 22.5" L (57.2 cm); copper birds: 1" L x 0.3" W (2.5 cm x 0.8 cm); silver quality: 90%; weight: 30.7 grams

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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#178251

Patina and toning to the silver beads. Green oxidation to the copper birds. Strung in modern times on a modern wire with a barrel clasp and wearable.