Necklace with Pendant

Guanacaste Zone, Pre-Columbian

Period IV (1000 BC - AD 500), 500 BC - AD 500

  • Titles Necklace with Pendant (Descriptive)
  • Artist Guanacaste Zone, Costa Rica
  • Medium jadeite and stone
  • Dimensions necklace: 12 1/2 x 5/16 in. (31.8 x 0.8 cm) pendant: 3 1/8 x 1 1/2 x 1/4 in. (7.9 x 3.8 x 0.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Bequest of William M. Spencer III, AFI.246.2010
  • Work Type necklace
  • Classification Jewelry

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