Chimú Spondylus Shell Necklace and Shell archaeology finely formed and exhibiting the

finely formed and exhibiting the robust utilitarian elegance typical of Kievan Rus’ metalwork

Copper ornaments would have signaled that the person was wealthy

Age-related wear with nicks and scratches on surface

By around 4100 BC

The bottle is elegantly designed with a globular body and cylindrical neck

Chimú Spondylus Shell Necklace and Shell archaeology finely formed and exhibiting thePre Columbian era, Chim culture, c. 800 1470AD, Moche Valley, Trujillo, Peru. Wonderful long necklace constructed with hundreds of petite seed beads carved from spondylus shell fragments. These ancient disc shaped beads (known as chaquiras), temporarily strung on cotton cord, have beautiful variations of color ranging from salmon, violet and coral to intense orange, was originally part of elaborate pectoral, and worn as a type of necklace covering the