Bead/beads (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- 4450 BC–AD 1450 (Late Preceramic to Late Horizon period)
- Culture/People
- possibly Central Andes (archaeological) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- José A. Gayoso (José Galloso), Non-Indian, 1898-1970
- Seller
- José A. Gayoso (José Galloso), Non-Indian, 1898-1970
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of José A. Gayoso (1898-1970, a landowner in Chongoyape, Peru, who sidelined in excavating and selling antiquities); purchased by MAI from José Gayoso in 1930.
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- Place
- Jayanca; Lambayeque Province; Lambayeque Region; Peru
- See related items
- Central Andes (archaeological)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 17/8648
- Barcode
- 178648.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Bead/beads (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Shell/shells
- Techniques
- Ground, drilled
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_191272