Description

Circa 1000 – 1500 CE Pre Colombian. Columbia, Tairona. Beads.

A lovely bracelet of a wearable comprised or 17 seed form, tubular and ovoid beads carved form vermelian hued carnelian. The integral white veining running throughout the stones creates a beautiful polychrome presentation, and the terminals are capped with a modern silver-plated loop and lobster clasp combo.

Size (bracelet): 8.5″ L (21.6 cm); (largest bead): 1″ L x 0.4″ W (2.5 cm x 1 cm)

Provenance: private Probst collection, Monterey, California, USA, acquired between the mid 1970s and mid 1990s

All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.

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