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1921.92.134

Shell pendant carved in the form of a snake

1921.92.134

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Collection type
Object
Description
Shell pendant carved in the form of a snake
Long description
White shell pendant carved to represent a snake in an old display box containing three other snakes [.131, .132 & .133] [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 29/9/2005]
Geographical reference
Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru
Chillón Valley
Person
Field collector Henry Ogg Forbes
PRM source Henry Ogg Forbes
Date
Date collected
?1912
Acquisition information
Donated: 1921
Materials and processes
Material Shell, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 68 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1921.92.134 Other numbers: Forbes coll. no. 427
Research and responses

See 1921.92.131 -.133 for other 3 pendants [MR 2/5/2001]

Search terms: Ornament, Death, Figure, Religion, Pendant, Grave Good, Animal Figure

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