A Chavin shell and gold necklace

A Chavin shell and gold necklace

Peru, circa 900 - 500 BC

re-strung with orange shell triangle pendants and spherical and tubular beads,

50cm long, gold test as 18ct,

with a pair of later made earrings and twenty-one loose shell pendants.

Provenance

John and Nora Wise, New York, USA.

Christie's, London, Tribal Art, 4 July 1989, lot 11.