Necklace w/ Ancient Valdivian Spondylus Shell

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Pre-Columbian to early Post-Conquest, ca. 1200 to 1550 CE. Wonderful necklace comprised of ancient, Inca hand carved purple spondylus shell beads interspersed with copper beads dating to the Moche thr

Native American, Southwestern United States, Four Corners region, Navajo, ca. 1970s CE. An attractive necklace of wearable form that is constructed with dozens of slender turquoise beads. The main bod

Pre-Columbian, southern Mexico, Veracruz/Vera Cruz, ca. 400 to 600 CE. Long strand of hand-carved and drilled shell beads. Most beads are in near white, some in brown and black. Singular pendant made

Pre-Columbian, Ecuador, Earliest Horizon, Valdivian peoples, ca. 2300 to 2000 BCE. A fine necklace composed of dozens of small seed beads as well as 17 hand-built pottery Venus figures. The Venus figu

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian to early Post-Conquest, ca. 500 to 1550 CE. Wonderful necklace comprised of ancient, Moche era hand carved spondylus shell beads interspersed with copper beads

Pre-Columbian, Peru, Inca Empire, ca. 14th to 15th century CE. A collar necklace made from ancient shells and modern spherical beads as a wearable and reimagined piece of jewelry. The shells are cut t

Pre-Columbian, West Mexico, Colima, ca. 300 BCE to 300 CE. A fine collection of over 50 ancient Spondylus shell beads strung and displayed as a beautiful necklace. The strand is strung with alternatin

**First Time At Auction** West-Central Asia, Bactrian Empire, ca. early 1st millennium BCE. A stunning necklace comprised of beautiful carnelian beads of rounded, shell-like shapes and gorgeous vermil

**Originally Listed At $150** Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. A long restrung necklace, in hues of citrine, ruby-red, coral, and salmon, with forty twin-stranded sections

**First Time At Auction** Pre-Columbian, Peru, Chimu, ca. 1000 to 1450 CE. A wearable necklace made from ancient silver, quartz, shell, and copper beads, strung together in modern times on a monofilam

**Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, Mexico to Peru, Colima, Maya, and Inca cultures, ca. 300 BCE to 1532 CE. Ancient stone, pottery, and shell beads and pendants of various forms strung toget

**Originally Listed At $400** Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Mixtec culture, ca. 1200 to 1500 CE. A marvelous and musical ensemble of Mixtec shell and stone beads and 6 ancient copper bell beads, all strung w

A Spondylus shell necklace from Costa Rica, c. AD 1000 - 1450, with long spiked beads strung with smaller disk beads, overall length about 23 in and strong on modern cord. Also included is a bag of va

A fine Sinu culture necklace from the Cordoba area of Colombia, c. AD 1000 - 1500, consisting primarily of quartz crystal beads, as well as Spondylus shell beads and two blue-gray chrysocolla beads. L

Mid-20th century A double strand jacklas in turquoise and coral and spondylus shell suspended from a turquoise bead necklace with leather neck wrap 27.5" L x 4.5" H x 1.75" W

An assorted collection of various Pre-Columbian items including beads and spindle whorls. Lot includes a nice shell necklace from Ecuador, with Spondylus tubes and obsidian dangles, several Pre-Columb

Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Olmec and Maya cultures, ca. 500 BCE to 950 CE. A fine collection of 36 ancient hand pecked and polished jadeite and omphacite jade beads strung on a moder

**Originally Listed At $750** Roman, Republic to Imperial Period, ca. 2nd BCE to 3rd century CE. An incredibly beautiful and unique necklace strung with over 50 ancient glass and carnelian stone beads

Roman, Imperial period, ca. 1st century CE. A gorgeous strand of 29 glass millefiori beads of various shapes - mostly spherical, some ovoid and cylindrical - as well as approximately 50 petite dark bl

Pre-Columbian, Colombia, Tairona culture, ca. 800 to 1200 CE. Chalcedony and quartz beads interspersed with sixteen gold beads shaped like feline claws. The pre-Columbian Tairona, a group of chiefdoms

This is a vintage 24K gold cross pendant necklace by designer Gurhan Orhan. Gurhan is dedicated to preserving traditional techniques from ancient Anatolian and Byzantine goldsmiths. The chain is 18" l

Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. An opulent string of barrel and spherical glass beads of cobalt blue hues and 18 modern barrel beads of a lustrous golden hue arranged in an alternat

Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A group of six Roman glass fragments of a vibrant green hue with rounded exterior borders and tapering forms, perhaps from the base of a large glass