Manabi Beaded Necklace - Spindle Whorls
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**Originally Listed At $350**
Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manabi culture, ca. 500 BCE and 500 CE. A beautiful necklace comprised of eleven terracotta spindle whorls - each one skillfully incised with zoomorphic and anthropomorphic imagery - four strung equidistantly on a modern oxidized sterling silver chain and seven suspended as danglers from oxidized silver chains falling gracefully from a bar-shaped pendant strung with black seed beads. A simply stunning work of wearable art! Size: chain measures 18" L (45.7 cm); bar pendant measures 2" L (5.1 cm); longest dangler measures 2" L (5.1 cm)
Provenance: private Denver, Colorado USA collection
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#130614
Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Manabi culture, ca. 500 BCE and 500 CE. A beautiful necklace comprised of eleven terracotta spindle whorls - each one skillfully incised with zoomorphic and anthropomorphic imagery - four strung equidistantly on a modern oxidized sterling silver chain and seven suspended as danglers from oxidized silver chains falling gracefully from a bar-shaped pendant strung with black seed beads. A simply stunning work of wearable art! Size: chain measures 18" L (45.7 cm); bar pendant measures 2" L (5.1 cm); longest dangler measures 2" L (5.1 cm)
Provenance: private Denver, Colorado USA collection
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#130614
Condition
Beads are ancient and have wear commensurate with age. Modern oxidized sterling silver chains, pin, and fittings.
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Manabi Beaded Necklace - Spindle Whorls
Estimate $600 - $900
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