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Style: Pre-Columbian
Pre Colombian Choker Necklace with Mother of Pearl and Beads
Located in Dallas, TX
Pre-Columbian, North Coast Peru, Moche, ca. 100 to 500 CE.
A choker necklace comprised of seven strands strung with hundreds of black and white hand-carved shell beads. The strands...
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15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Pre-Columbian Natural Specimens
Materials
Coral
Pre Colombian Tairona Carnelian Bead Bracelet
Located in Dallas, TX
Circa 1000 - 1500 CE Pre Colombian. Columbia, Tairona. Beads.
A lovely bracelet of a wearable comprised or 17 seed form, tubular and ovoid beads carve...
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15th Century and Earlier Colombian Antique Pre-Columbian Natural Specimens
Materials
Carnelian
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