String of Fifty Graduated Beads

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String of Fifty Graduated Beads

Mexico, Oaxaca or Puebla, Mixtec, 1250–1500
Stone
Rock crystal
largest bead: 4 1/4 in. (10.795 cm) total circumferance: 33 in. (83.82 cm) smallest bead: 1 3/4 in. (4.445 cm) 1 × 11 × 6 in. (2.54 × 27.94 × 15.24 cm)
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing (M.83.217.19)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Fields, Virginia M. Children of the Plumed Serpent: the Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico. London: Scala; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2012.