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Pendant
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Pendant

Artist/Maker (Mesoamerica)
Dateca. 300-600
Mediumshell
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/4 x 7/8 x 3/4 in. (5.7 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm)
ClassificationsCostumes and Accessories
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Allan A. Kaplan
Terms
    Object number85.0077
    On View
    Not on view
    Collections
    DescriptionShell was from earliest times a prized trade item used for fashioning trumpets, pectorals, beads and other adornments. This skull has been masterfully worked out from an olive shell and was probably one of many strung as a necklace. The interlocking motif around the eyes makes this shell bead unusual.

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