Collection place: Department of La Libertad, Northern Peru / Culture or time period: Chimú sequence / Materials: Shell (animal material) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Bead, accession number 4-3362, described as 25 univalve shells, with copper (or gold alloy?) tips, and many drilled pits, evidently part of a necklace, gilded.

Hearst Museum object titled Beads, accession number 4-3289, described as Long cylindrical beads of shell, perforated

Hearst Museum object titled Beads: necklace, accession number 4-3361, described as beads from necklace: tapered cut pieces of shell with heads of birds and traverse grooves from necklace.