Chimú Spondylus Shell and Green Stone Necklace shipwreck and elite status symbolism

and elite status symbolism

Heavy wear to gilding

and extensive drainage systems

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and black—that have survived remarkably well

Chimú Spondylus Shell and Green Stone Necklace shipwreck and elite status symbolismPre Columbian era, Chim culture, c. 800 1470AD, Moche Valley, Trujillo, Peru. Outstanding and very beautiful long necklace constructed with hundreds of beads carved from spondylus shell, green stone and turquoise. These ancient disc shaped beads (known as chaquiras), strung on cotton cord in modern times, have beautiful variations of color ranging from salmon, black, beige and violet to intense dark green, was originally part of elaborate pectoral,