Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye from an unknown source in Paris, France, in 1928.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Tairona (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- MAI agent
- George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
- Date created
- AD 1100–1600 (Tairona period)
- Object Name
- Bead/beads
- Media/Materials
- Gold
- Techniques
- Cast
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
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