Necklaces

Necklaces

Necklace with Shell-shaped Pendants (Museum of Fine Arts Houston 2004.2222). Indonesia – 9th-10th C.

Necklace with hollow beads (Museum of Fine Arts Houston 2010.484). Peru – 800-1450

Gold and rock crystal necklace (Museum of Fine Arts Houston 2001.1275). Panama - 800–1550

Necklace with Human-head Pendant (Museum of Fine Arts Houston 2010.465). Ecuador - 800–1500 

Necklace with pendants (Museum of Fine Arts Houston 2010.488). Panama – 900-1550

Necklace with figures (Brooklyn Museum 74.67). Mali - 11th-15th C.

Beaded necklace (Brooklyn Museum 30.808). United States - ca. 1100-1300

Beaded necklace (Brooklyn Museum 04.297.5471). United States - ca. 1100-1400 

Mau kakī (Museum of New Zealand ME014208). Aotearoa - 1250-1500

Shell bead necklace (Museum of Fine Arts Houston M999X.3.1.1-96). Canada – ca. 1300

Shell necklace (UBC Museum of Anthropology Sf669). Peru – before 1500

Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman by Albrecht Dürer (Gemäldegalerie 557G). ca. 1506 

Seated Woman by Jacopo Ligozzi.  ca 1577-80

 

Treasure Chains

Note: the term "treasure chain" appears to be a SCAdianism.

 

Brooch chains and bell (British Museum 1852,0329.129). Latvia - 12th C.

Chains of bells (British Museum 1852,0329.195). late Latvia - 12th-early 13th C.

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