Peru, Nazca necklace with bone and syondylus beads and a minature female pendant
The necklace is made of 32 carved bone beads separated by 6 dark purple circular beads. The pendant is a classic Nazca miniature carved female with traces of painted eyes and mouth. The head piece of purple shell is missing. It's possible that the pendant is made up of Whale tooth ivory. A similar type of figurine is illustrated in 'Miniature Size, Magical Quality - Nasca Art from the Glassell Collection', Marzio, pg 59; and in 'The Inka Empire And Its Andean Origins', Morris and Von Hagen, p.87.
Media: Bone
Dimensions: Length 68 cm. size of pendant H.1.4cm W. 5cm
$6,500
N1010