Inka
String of beads
Inka, 1419-1531
Scroll
Inka
String of beads
Inka, 1419-1531
Physical Qualities
Fired clay, stone, bone, shell, metal, (contemporary string), 17.5 cm. doubled length
Credit Line
Gift of Saidie A. May
Object Number
1933.72.12
Beads are strung with contemporary cotton thread. The group consists of 21 Spondylus shell beads (long and discoid beads); 12 metal beads, ca. 1.5 cm. diameter (could be copper or other metal). 3 flat bone (or shell?) beads, ca. 2 cm. length; 2 clay beads, ca. 2 cm. diameter.
