Tubular Bead Necklace and Emerald Pendant
100 BC-AD 1000
L of chain: 21 1/16 in. (53.5 cm); Pendant H: 9/16 x W: 1/2 x D: 3/8 in. (1.4 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm)
Citation
Source image
This necklace of gold beads and an emerald pendant was made by craftsmen of the Quimbaya culture, which flourished in what is today central Colombia. The Quimbaya were famous for their great skill in working with gold, which was abundantly available in rivers and streams on th...
Artifact
| id |
id
80230
|
|---|---|
| contentType |
contentType
object
|
| stage |
stage
normalized
|
| provenance |
provenance
Ron Messick Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico; purchased by John G. Bourne, between 1990 and 1999; given to Walters Art Museum, 2013.
|
| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
|
| language |
language
en
|
| pageCount |
pageCount
1
|
| source |
source
import
|
Source image fields (5)
Terms
Relations
createdBy
inCollection